LEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Lee County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Dime Box, Giddings and and Lincoln. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Lee County by the Numbers

Lee County has 1,720 farms on 341,764 acres (about 199 acres each). Together they sold $89.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce squash, tomatoes, watermelons and okra. Beekeepers tend about 929 honey bee colonies.

37 farms in Lee County already sell straight to the public, about $771,000 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 Lee County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 91,280 head of cattle, 4,297 egg-laying hens and 1,215 goats in Lee County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,946 people run or help run farms in Lee County, with an average age of 60. 39% of them are women. 205 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lee County stands out: it ranks #38 of 254 TX counties for number of farms and #30 of 196 TX counties for selling food straight to the public.