VAL VERDE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Val Verde County? Backyard growers and small farms around Comstock, and Laughlin A F B list it here. Texas favorites like peaches and onions show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Val Verde County by the Numbers

Val Verde County has 333 farms on 1,417,386 acres (about 4,256 acres each). Together they sold $15.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by sheep & goats, cattle and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans. Beekeepers tend about 15 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Val Verde County already sell straight to the public, about $23,000 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 Val Verde County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 50,033 goats, 30,120 sheep and 11,537 head of cattle in Val Verde County. Goat milk, cheese and soap are popular homestead products.

About 562 people run or help run farms in Val Verde County, with an average age of 61. 29% of them are women. 25 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 18 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Val Verde County stands out: it ranks #2 of 241 TX counties for goats.