SAN PATRICIO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in San Patricio County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Aransas Pass, Edroy and Odem. Texas favorites like peaches and onions show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in San Patricio County by the Numbers

San Patricio County has 620 farms on 336,068 acres (about 542 acres each). Together they sold $101.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, sorghum and corn.

Local fields produce cantaloupes, tomatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 11 honey bee colonies.

29 farms in San Patricio County already sell straight to the public, about $117,000 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 San Patricio County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 12,462 head of cattle, 1,387 egg-laying hens and 544 sheep in San Patricio County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,107 people run or help run farms in San Patricio County, with an average age of 59. 39% of them are women. 53 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.