ANDERSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Frankston to and Tennessee Colony, Anderson County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Anderson County by the Numbers

Anderson County has 1,741 farms on 361,026 acres (about 207 acres each). Together they sold $190.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, persimmons and peaches, and local fields produce squash, green beans, tomatoes and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 77,129 honey bee colonies.

35 farms in Anderson County already sell straight to the public, about $64,000 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 Anderson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 54,772 head of cattle, 3,936 egg-laying hens and 1,452 horses and ponies in Anderson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,907 people run or help run farms in Anderson County, with an average age of 62. 38% of them are women. 114 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Anderson County stands out: it ranks #1 of 192 TX counties for honey bee colonies and #31 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales.