BRAZORIA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Brazoria County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Pearland, Alvin and Damon. Watch for local onions when it comes into season in Texas. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Brazoria County by the Numbers

Brazoria County has 2,538 farms on 419,260 acres (about 165 acres each). Together they sold $112.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, rice and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, pomegranates and oranges, and local fields produce cabbage, squash, watermelons and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 15,667 honey bee colonies.

150 farms in Brazoria County already sell straight to the public, about $412,000 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 Brazoria County

Brazoria County farms and homesteads keep 198,431 egg-laying hens, 59,766 head of cattle and 3,608 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 4,289 people run or help run farms in Brazoria County, with an average age of 58. 40% of them are women. 284 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 29 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Brazoria County stands out: it ranks #2 of 192 TX counties for honey bee colonies and #7 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens.