ST. CLAIR COUNTY MARKET

St. Clair County, Illinois Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Belleville, East Saint Louis and Dupo buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Illinois favorites like apples and honey show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in St. Clair County by the Numbers

St. Clair County has 743 farms on 287,115 acres (about 386 acres each). Together they sold $241.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes, green beans, kale and squash. Beekeepers tend about 523 honey bee colonies.

53 farms in St. Clair County already sell straight to the public, about $449,000 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.