SUMMIT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Summit County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Ohio for Akron, Cuyahoga Falls and Hudson. 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 Summit County by the Numbers

Summit County has 413 farms on 15,108 acres (about 37 acres each). Together they sold $12.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, bell peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 297 honey bee colonies.

103 farms in Summit 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 Summit County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Summit County counts 4,710 egg-laying hens, 782 head of cattle and 667 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 739 people run or help run farms in Summit County, with an average age of 57. 38% of them are women. 73 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 20 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Summit County stands out: it ranks #8 of 88 OH counties for selling food straight to the public.