TUSCARAWAS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Tuscarawas County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bolivar, Dennison and New Philadelphia list it here. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Ohio. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Tuscarawas County by the Numbers

Tuscarawas County has 1,154 farms on 166,404 acres (about 144 acres each). Together they sold $143.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, dairy (milk) and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and peaches, and local fields produce squash, potatoes, pumpkins and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 148 honey bee colonies.

85 farms in Tuscarawas County already sell straight to the public, about $378,000 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 Tuscarawas County

Tuscarawas County farms and homesteads keep 126,537 egg-laying hens, 28,672 head of cattle and 5,089 hogs. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,149 people run or help run farms in Tuscarawas County, with an average age of 54. 35% of them are women. 321 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 18 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Tuscarawas County stands out: it ranks #13 of 88 OH counties for number of farms and #11 of 74 OH counties for egg-laying hens.