KANKAKEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Aroma Park to Chebanse, Kankakee County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local pumpkins when it comes into season in Illinois. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Kankakee County by the Numbers

Kankakee County has 738 farms on 322,007 acres (about 436 acres each). Together they sold $367.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, cantaloupes and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 84 honey bee colonies.

30 farms in Kankakee County already sell straight to the public, about $144,000 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 Kankakee County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,740 head of cattle, 398 goats and 359 sheep in Kankakee County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,242 people run or help run farms in Kankakee County, with an average age of 59. 28% of them are women. 99 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.