MARTIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Ackerly, Lenorah and and Tarzan buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Martin County by the Numbers

Martin County has 395 farms on 576,851 acres (about 1,460 acres each). Together they sold $22.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cotton and cattle.

Beekeepers tend about 19 honey bee colonies.

3 farms in Martin County already sell straight to the public, about $4,000 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 Martin County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,238 head of cattle, 226 egg-laying hens and 138 goats in Martin County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 696 people run or help run farms in Martin County, with an average age of 61. 36% of them are women. 32 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.