KANE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Aurora to Burlington, Kane 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. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Kane County by the Numbers

Kane County has 509 farms on 146,717 acres (about 288 acres each). Together they sold $284 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, nursery & greenhouse plants and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, tart cherries and apricots, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 620 honey bee colonies.

72 farms in Kane County already sell straight to the public, about $5.8 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 Kane County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 14,839 egg-laying hens, 11,478 head of cattle and 862 horses and ponies in Kane County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 903 people run or help run farms in Kane County, with an average age of 57. 30% of them are women. 87 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 24 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Kane County stands out: it ranks #1 of 93 IL counties for selling food straight to the public and #4 of 97 IL counties for honey bee colonies.