SENECA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Seneca County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Ohio for Alvada, Bascom and Flat Rock. Watch for local maple syrup when it comes into season in Ohio. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Seneca County by the Numbers

Seneca County has 1,080 farms on 233,145 acres (about 216 acres each). Together they sold $212.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and hogs.

Local fields produce cucumbers, green beans, sweet corn and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 679 honey bee colonies.

41 farms in Seneca County already sell straight to the public, about $210,000 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 Seneca County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Seneca County counts 59,788 hogs, 4,385 head of cattle and 2,448 sheep.

About 1,823 people run or help run farms in Seneca County, with an average age of 58. 28% of them are women. 171 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Seneca County stands out: it ranks #14 of 86 OH counties for honey bee colonies.