ANGELINA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Diboll, Huntington and and Zavalla buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Texas favorites like citrus and pecans show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Angelina County by the Numbers

Angelina County has 838 farms on 77,346 acres (about 92 acres each). Together they sold $70 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, figs and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, watermelons, green peas and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 232 honey bee colonies.

45 farms in Angelina County already sell straight to the public, about $69,000 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 Angelina County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Angelina County counts 28,745 egg-laying hens, 11,778 head of cattle and 1,297 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,441 people run or help run farms in Angelina County, with an average age of 60. 42% of them are women. 67 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Angelina County stands out: it ranks #17 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens.