MORROW COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Cardington, Chesterville and Mount Gilead 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 Morrow County by the Numbers

Morrow County has 821 farms on 145,232 acres (about 177 acres each). Together they sold $120.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, onions and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 423 honey bee colonies.

68 farms in Morrow County already sell straight to the public, about $687,000 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 Morrow County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 44,643 egg-laying hens, 21,054 hogs and 6,694 head of cattle in Morrow County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,526 people run or help run farms in Morrow County, with an average age of 53. 37% of them are women. 247 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.