BEXAR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Bexar County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Texas for San Antonio, Adkins and Brooks A F B. Texas favorites like pecans and peaches 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 Bexar County by the Numbers

Bexar County has 2,107 farms on 248,545 acres (about 118 acres each). Together they sold $73.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and peaches, and local fields produce fresh herbs, kale, spinach and onions. Beekeepers tend about 478 honey bee colonies.

69 farms in Bexar County already sell straight to the public, about $86,000 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 Bexar County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Bexar County counts 31,702 head of cattle, 9,061 egg-laying hens and 7,240 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 3,636 people run or help run farms in Bexar County, with an average age of 60. 40% of them are women. 231 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 Bexar County stands out: it ranks #26 of 254 TX counties for number of farms and #29 of 241 TX counties for goats.