LICKING COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Alexandria to Granville, Licking County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Licking County by the Numbers

Licking County has 1,532 farms on 207,389 acres (about 135 acres each). Together they sold $389.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and walnuts, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, chile peppers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 595 honey bee colonies.

164 farms in Licking County already sell straight to the public, about $1 million 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 Licking County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Licking County counts 53,591 hogs, 19,018 head of cattle and 3,931 sheep.

About 2,685 people run or help run farms in Licking County, with an average age of 57. 36% of them are women. 317 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 27 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Licking County stands out: it ranks #3 of 88 OH counties for goats and #4 of 88 OH counties for number of farms.