LAWRENCE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Lawrence County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bridgeport, Lawrenceville and and Sumner. Illinois favorites like pumpkins and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Lawrence County by the Numbers

Lawrence County has 332 farms on 186,482 acres (about 562 acres each). Together they sold $260.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 48 honey bee colonies.

13 farms in Lawrence County already sell straight to the public, about $229,000 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 Lawrence County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Lawrence County counts 291,016 turkeys, 63,091 hogs and 752 head of cattle.

About 613 people run or help run farms in Lawrence County, with an average age of 56. 27% of them are women. 76 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.