JEFFERSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Beaumont to Nome, Jefferson County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Jefferson County by the Numbers

Jefferson County has 612 farms on 347,504 acres (about 568 acres each). Together they sold $35.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, rice and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and limes. Beekeepers tend about 1,977 honey bee colonies.

36 farms in Jefferson County already sell straight to the public, about $208,000 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 Jefferson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 34,491 head of cattle, 3,159 egg-laying hens and 842 horses and ponies in Jefferson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,053 people run or help run farms in Jefferson County, with an average age of 59. 39% of them are women. 58 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Jefferson County stands out: it ranks #17 of 192 TX counties for honey bee colonies.