TOM GREEN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Tom Green County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in San Angelo, Carlsbad and and Water Valley. Watch for local citrus when it comes into season in Texas. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Tom Green County by the Numbers

Tom Green County has 1,392 farms on 937,713 acres (about 674 acres each). Together they sold $102 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, cotton and sheep & goats.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apricots and apples, and local fields produce asparagus. Beekeepers tend about 333 honey bee colonies.

59 farms in Tom Green County already sell straight to the public, about $994,000 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 Tom Green County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Tom Green County counts 33,927 sheep, 30,095 head of cattle and 19,622 goats. Local wool, lamb and fiber crafts often trade hands at farmers markets.

About 2,399 people run or help run farms in Tom Green County, with an average age of 57. 36% of them are women. 151 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 50 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Tom Green County stands out: it ranks #6 of 241 TX counties for goats and #21 of 196 TX counties for selling food straight to the public.