MONROE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Antioch, Beallsville and Lewisville buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Monroe County by the Numbers

Monroe County has 731 farms on 99,313 acres (about 136 acres each). Together they sold $19.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, potatoes, sweet corn and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 120 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Monroe County already sell straight to the public, about $176,000 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 Monroe County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 13,002 head of cattle, 2,100 egg-laying hens and 1,063 goats in Monroe County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,297 people run or help run farms in Monroe County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 108 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.