DEKALB COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Clare to Hinckley, DeKalb County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Illinois favorites like pumpkins and apples show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in DeKalb County by the Numbers

DeKalb County has 807 farms on 353,524 acres (about 438 acres each). Together they sold $543.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 239 honey bee colonies.

42 farms in DeKalb County already sell straight to the public, about $2.7 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.