LUCAS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Lucas County? Backyard growers and small farms around Toledo, Oregon and Maumee list it here. Ohio favorites like tomatoes and maple syrup show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Lucas County by the Numbers

Lucas County has 364 farms on 76,149 acres (about 209 acres each). Together they sold $77.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, bell peppers and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 141 honey bee colonies.

47 farms in Lucas County already sell straight to the public, about $897,000 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 Lucas County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 5,547 hogs, 1,306 egg-laying hens and 364 head of cattle in Lucas County.

About 651 people run or help run farms in Lucas County, with an average age of 55. 31% of them are women. 85 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.