HARRIS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Harris County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Houston, Pasadena and Baytown. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Harris County by the Numbers

Harris County has 1,531 farms on 193,556 acres (about 126 acres each). Together they sold $89 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, persimmons and grapes, and local fields produce squash, mustard greens, tomatoes and collard greens. Beekeepers tend about 747 honey bee colonies.

86 farms in Harris County already sell straight to the public, about $1.4 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 Harris County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 18,651 head of cattle, 10,165 egg-laying hens and 3,936 horses and ponies in Harris County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,673 people run or help run farms in Harris County, with an average age of 59. 40% of them are women. 208 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Harris County stands out: it ranks #14 of 196 TX counties for selling food straight to the public and #31 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens.