ARANSAS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Fulton, and Rockport buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Texas favorites like peaches and onions show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Aransas County by the Numbers

Aransas County has 79 farms on 42,886 acres (about 543 acres each). Together they sold $2.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, nursery & greenhouse plants and vegetables.

Local fields produce cantaloupes.

8 farms in Aransas County already sell straight to the public, about $5,000 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 Aransas County

Aransas County farms and homesteads keep 2,099 head of cattle, 854 egg-laying hens and 182 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 121 people run or help run farms in Aransas County, with an average age of 63. 43% of them are women. 1 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.