MORGAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Chesterhill, Malta and and Pennsville buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Morgan County by the Numbers

Morgan County has 571 farms on 93,381 acres (about 164 acres each). Together they sold $20.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, potatoes and cabbage. Beekeepers tend about 631 honey bee colonies.

45 farms in Morgan County already sell straight to the public, about $461,000 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 Morgan County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Morgan County counts 13,630 head of cattle, 3,397 egg-laying hens and 1,005 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,017 people run or help run farms in Morgan County, with an average age of 56. 36% of them are women. 131 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 24 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Morgan County stands out: it ranks #18 of 86 OH counties for honey bee colonies.