WILLIAMSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Williamson County? Backyard growers and small farms around Austin, Round Rock and Coupland list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Williamson County by the Numbers

Williamson County has 2,352 farms on 380,184 acres (about 162 acres each). Together they sold $95.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, olives and peaches, and local fields produce lettuce, chile peppers, cantaloupes and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 1,297 honey bee colonies.

150 farms in Williamson County already sell straight to the public, about $1.5 million 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 Williamson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 44,765 head of cattle, 8,621 egg-laying hens and 6,056 goats in Williamson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 4,089 people run or help run farms in Williamson County, with an average age of 60. 41% of them are women. 176 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 19 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Williamson County stands out: it ranks #11 of 196 TX counties for selling food straight to the public and #18 of 254 TX counties for number of farms.