TARRANT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Tarrant County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Fort Worth, Arlington and Hurst. 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 Tarrant County by the Numbers

Tarrant County has 1,000 farms on 199,120 acres (about 199 acres each). Together they sold $24.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, nursery & greenhouse plants and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce sweet potatoes, tomatoes, green onions and collard greens. Beekeepers tend about 738 honey bee colonies.

75 farms in Tarrant County already sell straight to the public, about $151,000 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 Tarrant County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 11,881 head of cattle, 5,082 egg-laying hens and 2,315 horses and ponies in Tarrant County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,804 people run or help run farms in Tarrant County, with an average age of 59. 44% of them are women. 159 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.