VINTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Vinton County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Allensville, Creola and and Zaleski. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Vinton County by the Numbers

Vinton County has 243 farms on 34,112 acres (about 140 acres each). Together they sold $3.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, plums and pears. Beekeepers tend about 104 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Vinton County already sell straight to the public, about $283,000 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 Vinton County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Vinton County counts 2,940 head of cattle, 1,097 egg-laying hens and 766 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 418 people run or help run farms in Vinton County, with an average age of 54. 38% of them are women. 61 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.