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Arkansas Locally Grown Product

There are plenty of seasonal Locavore opportunities to find exactly the fruit, vegetables, beef, lamb, poultry, wine or dairy products that you may be looking for. The 2007 USDA Farm Census reported that Arkansas had approximately 49,346 farms and the average number of acres per farm was 281. Of those farms, 804 showed that they raised vegetables for sale, there were 665 orchards, 69 organic farms and 187 CSAs in the state.

Synopsis of 2007 USDA Ag census for Arkansas

Classification	Number of farms within the State	Top five counties with the greatest number of farms in each type of classification
Farms with Vegetables harvested for sale	804	Washington	Bradley	Pulaski	Ashley	White
Number of Orchards	665	White	Washington	Pulaski	Little River	Miller
Sweet Corn	242	Washington	Saline	Clark	White	Pope
Potatoes	168	Washington	Saline	Carroll	Pulaski	Drew
Tomatoes	414	Washington	Bradley	Ashley	Pulaski	Saline
Apples	153	Washington	Boone	Pulaski	Benton	Pope
Peaches	235	Washington	Boone	Pope	Pulaski	Sevier
Cantaloupe	150	Washington	Pulaski	Miller	Carroll	Pope
Watermelon	271	Washington	Hempstead	Pulaski	Crawford	Bradley
Strawberries	67	Washington	Benton	Johnson	Faulkner	Garland
Blueberries	138	Washington	Benton	Crawford	Pope	Stone
Raspberries	37	Washington	Newton	Crawford	Carroll	Baxter
Blackberries and Dewberries	118	Washington	Crawford	Boone	Johnson	Benton
Poultry and egg production	4212	Washington	Benton	Carroll	Madison	Howard
Dairy cattle and milk production	291	Benton	White	Faulkner	Washington	Madison
Beef and Cattle ranches	22854	Washington	Benton	White	Boone	Faulkner
Bison	36	Benton	Craighead	Crawford	Saline	Carroll
Aquaculture or other animal production	4922	Washington	White	Benton	Faulkner	Baxter
Farms that collect Honey	314	Craighead	Benton	Washington	Madison	Boone
Farms that collect Maple Syrup	0	-	-	-	-	-

For more specific detail on what local fruits and vegetables are available (and when), please check out our Arkansas availability guide.

How to find Arkansas Growers and producers

To search our database for growers, producers and wineries near you, use one of these three methods:

1. Go to the Proximity search page. Enter the Zip code that you want to use as the basis for your search, enter the number of miles around the Zip code, click or unclick the business types you want to search for, then click the "Search' button. When the results appear, if you want more information about a specific business, you can click on the map marker and then the farm or business name within the information box.

If you would rather not enter a Zip code, you can enter a City and State name or a County and State name.

2. To see all of the Profiles within a specific State, go to the menu selection entitled "State Information" in the blue menu section at the top of the page. Scroll to your State name and as you move through the State names, you will see two menu choices appear to the right of your cursor. Click on the one that includes the words "Growers and Producers". When the list shows on your screen, you may sort by County name (click on the word "County"). If you are looking for a specific product such as Peaches or Beef or Honey, simply enter your search term in the appropriate box. For the Arkansas Grower list, click on this link: Arkansas Grower list .

3. Using the search box in the upper right hand corner of the screen, just enter the terms you wish to search for..there is no need to include a coma. As an example, if you want to find Peach growers in Arkansas, just type in the words Peaches Arkansas and click on the Search button. There is no need to enter connecting words such as "and" or "in".

Additional Arkansas Locavore information

Every state has a Cooperative Extension System. Regional offices offer location specific advice on a broad array of topics (including gardening), and may be able to provide you with contact information for growers who are not yet registered on our site. Most have gardening hotlines and offer informational fact sheets, soil testing and pest identification for free or a nominal cost. Often the help is provided by Master Gardeners who are trained to assist the agriculture agents with home gardener's needs. To find contact information for your local County Extension Office – Arkansas County Extension Offices.

If you would like to ask questions of fellow Arkansas Locavores, discuss tips, share recipes, stories, pictures or any another great “Slow Food” discovery, please post it in our Arkansas forum by clicking here: Arkansas Locavore Forum
State sponsored “Locally Grown” program - Naturally Arkansas
Arkansas County Fair Schedules – This link provides schedules for County Fairs within Arkansas as well as many other local festivals – Arkansas County Fairs