OKLAHOMA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Oklahoma County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Oklahoma City, Edmond and Bethany. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Oklahoma County by the Numbers

Oklahoma County has 1,111 farms on 102,861 acres (about 93 acres each). Together they sold $25.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, pecans and persimmons, and local fields produce tomatoes, mustard greens, okra and collard greens. Beekeepers tend about 791 honey bee colonies.

82 farms in Oklahoma County already sell straight to the public, about $451,000 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 Oklahoma County

Oklahoma County farms and homesteads keep 12,500 head of cattle, 6,829 egg-laying hens and 2,450 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,824 people run or help run farms in Oklahoma County, with an average age of 58. 45% of them are women. 169 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 Oklahoma County stands out: it ranks #4 of 64 OK counties for honey bee colonies and #7 of 71 OK counties for selling food straight to the public.