STARK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Canton to Brewster, Stark County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Ohio favorites like apples and tomatoes show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Stark County by the Numbers

Stark County has 1,431 farms on 125,207 acres (about 87 acres each). Together they sold $124.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, potatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 1,034 honey bee colonies.

181 farms in Stark 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 Stark County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 95,737 egg-laying hens, 16,919 head of cattle and 2,924 sheep in Stark County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,491 people run or help run farms in Stark County, with an average age of 56. 36% of them are women. 293 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 Stark County stands out: it ranks #5 of 86 OH counties for honey bee colonies and #6 of 88 OH counties for number of farms.