UNION COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Magnetic Springs to and Unionville Cente, Union County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Union County by the Numbers

Union County has 1,020 farms on 216,646 acres (about 212 acres each). Together they sold $308.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, sweet corn and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 679 honey bee colonies.

91 farms in Union County already sell straight to the public, about $1.2 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 Union County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 2,317,440 egg-laying hens, 19,654 hogs and 10,494 head of cattle in Union County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,853 people run or help run farms in Union County, with an average age of 57. 33% of them are women. 171 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Union County stands out: it ranks #3 of 74 OH counties for egg-laying hens and #9 of 88 OH counties for total farm sales.