BUENA VISTA COUNTY MARKET

Buena Vista County, Iowa Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 From Albert City to Rembrandt, Buena Vista County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Buena Vista County by the Numbers

Buena Vista County has 774 farms on 322,399 acres (about 417 acres each). Together they sold $869.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, poultry & eggs and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 156 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Buena Vista County already sell straight to the public, about $47,000 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 Buena Vista County

Buena Vista County farms and homesteads keep 750,272 turkeys, 553,052 hogs and 20,289 head of cattle.

About 1,299 people run or help run farms in Buena Vista County, with an average age of 60. 28% of them are women. 76 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Buena Vista County stands out: it ranks #6 of 99 IA counties for total farm sales.