WAYNE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Wayne County? Backyard growers and small farms around Apple Creek, Burbank and Fredericksburg list it here. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Ohio. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Wayne County by the Numbers

Wayne County has 2,084 farms on 259,339 acres (about 124 acres each). Together they sold $554.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), poultry & eggs and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, squash and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 768 honey bee colonies.

190 farms in Wayne County already sell straight to the public, about $4.7 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 Wayne County

Wayne County farms and homesteads keep 620,297 egg-laying hens, 75,190 head of cattle and 33,392 hogs. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 3,883 people run or help run farms in Wayne County, with an average age of 51. 35% of them are women. 686 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Wayne County stands out: it ranks #1 of 88 OH counties for number of farms and #1 of 88 OH counties for goats.