LINN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Linn County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Cedar Rapids, Alburnett and Ely. 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 Linn County by the Numbers

Linn County has 1,416 farms on 338,977 acres (about 239 acres each). Together they sold $396.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, potatoes and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 414 honey bee colonies.

87 farms in Linn County already sell straight to the public, about $3.8 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 Linn County

Linn County farms and homesteads keep 163,492 hogs, 20,467 head of cattle and 3,418 sheep.

About 2,576 people run or help run farms in Linn County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 216 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Linn County stands out: it ranks #1 of 95 IA counties for selling food straight to the public and #6 of 99 IA counties for number of farms.