FRANKLIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Franklin County? Backyard growers and small farms around Mount Vernon, and Scroggins list it here. 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 Franklin County by the Numbers

Franklin County has 505 farms on 110,438 acres (about 219 acres each). Together they sold $245.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, grapes and plums. Beekeepers tend about 73 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Franklin County already sell straight to the public, about $21,000 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 Franklin County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Franklin County counts 37,932 head of cattle, 399 horses and ponies and 312 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 880 people run or help run farms in Franklin County, with an average age of 59. 40% of them are women. 53 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Franklin County stands out: it ranks #25 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales.