GALVESTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Galveston County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Galveston, Texas City and Clear Lake Shore. 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 Galveston County by the Numbers

Galveston County has 563 farms on 34,117 acres (about 61 acres each). Together they sold $12.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, aquaculture and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 346 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Galveston County already sell straight to the public, about $50,000 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 Galveston County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Galveston County counts 17,784 egg-laying hens, 5,660 head of cattle and 631 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 943 people run or help run farms in Galveston County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 72 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 20 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Galveston County stands out: it ranks #24 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens.