EDWARDS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Edwards County? Backyard growers and small farms around Albion, Bone Gap and and West Salem list it here. 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 Edwards County by the Numbers

Edwards County has 313 farms on 117,890 acres (about 377 acres each). Together they sold $88.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Beekeepers tend about 12 honey bee colonies.

1 farms in Edwards County already sell straight to the public. 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 Edwards County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Edwards County counts 24,276 hogs, 2,755 head of cattle and 334 egg-laying hens.

About 521 people run or help run farms in Edwards County, with an average age of 59. 27% of them are women. 34 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.