KNOX COUNTY MARKET

Knox County, Ohio Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Knox County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bladensburg, Centerburg and Howard. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Ohio. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Knox County by the Numbers

Knox County has 1,303 farms on 184,283 acres (about 141 acres each). Together they sold $241.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hogs and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, potatoes and garlic. Beekeepers tend about 489 honey bee colonies.

97 farms in Knox County already sell straight to the public, about $759,000 a year in direct sales. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Knox County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Knox County counts 155,303 egg-laying hens, 34,726 hogs and 19,481 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,264 people run or help run farms in Knox County, with an average age of 56. 35% of them are women. 286 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Knox County stands out: it ranks #7 of 88 OH counties for number of farms and #7 of 88 OH counties for goats.