CLARK COUNTY MARKET

Clark County, Illinois Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 From Casey to and Westfield, Clark 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 Clark County by the Numbers

Clark County has 722 farms on 249,166 acres (about 345 acres each). Together they sold $248.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and peaches, and local fields produce green beans. Beekeepers tend about 275 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Clark County already sell straight to the public, about $126,000 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 Clark County

Clark County farms and homesteads keep 79,930 hogs, 2,458 head of cattle and 508 sheep.

About 1,259 people run or help run farms in Clark County, with an average age of 58. 25% of them are women. 145 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.