SAN SABA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in San Saba County? Backyard growers and small farms around Cherokee, Richland Springs and and San Saba list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in San Saba County by the Numbers

San Saba County has 865 farms on 722,887 acres (about 836 acres each). Together they sold $41.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, fruit & nuts and sheep & goats.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce potatoes, cucumbers, turnips and squash. Beekeepers tend about 27 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in San Saba County already sell straight to the public, about $203,000 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 Saba County

San Saba County farms and homesteads keep 40,951 head of cattle, 6,986 sheep and 3,156 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,559 people run or help run farms in San Saba County, with an average age of 63. 38% of them are women. 43 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 49 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.