JACKSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Edna, Francitas and Lolita buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Jackson County by the Numbers

Jackson County has 825 farms on 353,038 acres (about 428 acres each). Together they sold $80.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and cotton.

Beekeepers tend about 66 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Jackson 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 Jackson County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Jackson County counts 48,120 head of cattle, 1,897 egg-laying hens and 393 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,397 people run or help run farms in Jackson County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 141 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.