EDWARDS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Edwards County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Texas for Barksdale, and Rocksprings. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Edwards County by the Numbers

Edwards County has 456 farms on 1,011,179 acres (about 2,217 acres each). Together they sold $11.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, sheep & goats and honey.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and apples. Beekeepers tend about 30 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Edwards County already sell straight to the public, about $9,000 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 Edwards County

Edwards County farms and homesteads keep 30,009 goats, 17,158 sheep and 12,599 head of cattle. Goat milk, cheese and soap are popular homestead products.

About 871 people run or help run farms in Edwards County, with an average age of 60. 33% of them are women. 68 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 71 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Edwards County stands out: it ranks #4 of 241 TX counties for goats.