SANDUSKY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Sandusky County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bellevue, Burgoon and Lindsey list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Sandusky County by the Numbers

Sandusky County has 752 farms on 156,656 acres (about 208 acres each). Together they sold $141.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and vegetables.

Local fields produce chile peppers, cabbage, cucumbers and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 262 honey bee colonies.

34 farms in Sandusky County already sell straight to the public, about $448,000 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 Sandusky County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Sandusky County counts 5,010 hogs, 3,862 head of cattle and 1,072 egg-laying hens.

About 1,237 people run or help run farms in Sandusky County, with an average age of 56. 29% of them are women. 163 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.