RICHLAND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Richland County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Ohio for Mansfield, Bellville and Lucas. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Ohio. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Richland County by the Numbers

Richland County has 1,078 farms on 159,053 acres (about 148 acres each). Together they sold $214.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, poultry & eggs and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, potatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 675 honey bee colonies.

101 farms in Richland County already sell straight to the public, about $3 million 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 Richland County

Richland County farms and homesteads keep 642,393 egg-laying hens, 44,533 hogs and 20,903 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,950 people run or help run farms in Richland County, with an average age of 52. 39% of them are women. 351 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.

Where Richland County stands out: it ranks #5 of 74 OH counties for egg-laying hens and #9 of 88 OH counties for selling food straight to the public.