FREESTONE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Freestone County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Donie, Fairfield and and Wortham. 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 Freestone County by the Numbers

Freestone County has 1,291 farms on 372,086 acres (about 288 acres each). Together they sold $122.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches and grapes, and local fields produce green beans, watermelons and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 160 honey bee colonies.

28 farms in Freestone County already sell straight to the public, about $81,000 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 Freestone County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Freestone County counts 208,294 egg-laying hens, 62,639 head of cattle and 1,345 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,215 people run or help run farms in Freestone County, with an average age of 61. 40% of them are women. 163 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Freestone County stands out: it ranks #6 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens and #51 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales.