MARION COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Marion County? Backyard growers and small farms around Caledonia, Green Camp and New Bloomington list it here. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Ohio. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Marion County by the Numbers

Marion County has 596 farms on 213,065 acres (about 357 acres each). Together they sold $221.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, chile peppers, tomatoes and onions. Beekeepers tend about 85 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Marion County already sell straight to the public, about $349,000 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 Marion County

Marion County farms and homesteads keep 91,877 hogs, 5,461 head of cattle and 2,196 egg-laying hens.

About 1,006 people run or help run farms in Marion County, with an average age of 59. 28% of them are women. 87 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.