BANDERA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Bandera County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bandera, Lakehills and and Vanderpool. 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 Bandera County by the Numbers

Bandera County has 723 farms on 191,495 acres (about 265 acres each). Together they sold $4.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, sheep & goats and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, olives and apples. Beekeepers tend about 408 honey bee colonies.

31 farms in Bandera County already sell straight to the public, about $30,000 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 Bandera County

Bandera County farms and homesteads keep 8,027 goats, 5,300 head of cattle and 3,084 egg-laying hens. Goat milk, cheese and soap are popular homestead products.

About 1,309 people run or help run farms in Bandera County, with an average age of 64. 43% of them are women. 36 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 47 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Bandera County stands out: it ranks #22 of 241 TX counties for goats.