FORT BEND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Fort Bend County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Missouri City, Sugar Land and Fulshear. Watch for local pecans when it comes into season in Texas. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Fort Bend County by the Numbers

Fort Bend County has 1,233 farms on 320,377 acres (about 260 acres each). Together they sold $64.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, rice and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and apples, and local fields produce lettuce, squash, Brussels sprouts and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 496 honey bee colonies.

56 farms in Fort Bend County already sell straight to the public, about $1.5 million 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 Fort Bend County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 33,343 head of cattle, 3,450 egg-laying hens and 1,660 horses and ponies in Fort Bend County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,115 people run or help run farms in Fort Bend County, with an average age of 58. 40% of them are women. 213 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 21 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Fort Bend County stands out: it ranks #12 of 196 TX counties for selling food straight to the public.