GRIMES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Grimes County? Backyard growers and small farms around Anderson, Iola and and Singleton list it here. Texas favorites like peaches and onions show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Grimes County by the Numbers

Grimes County has 1,668 farms on 502,510 acres (about 301 acres each). Together they sold $83.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, olives and grapes, and local fields produce potatoes, onions, mustard greens and green onions. Beekeepers tend about 352 honey bee colonies.

50 farms in Grimes County already sell straight to the public. 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 Grimes County

Grimes County farms and homesteads keep 104,709 head of cattle, 3,875 egg-laying hens and 2,011 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,882 people run or help run farms in Grimes County, with an average age of 60. 40% of them are women. 194 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 18 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Grimes County stands out: it ranks #42 of 254 TX counties for number of farms.