VERMILION COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Vermilion County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Danville, Allerton and Catlin. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Vermilion County by the Numbers

Vermilion County has 1,009 farms on 445,066 acres (about 441 acres each). Together they sold $449.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow hazelnuts, and local fields produce asparagus, pumpkins, garlic and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 323 honey bee colonies.

36 farms in Vermilion County already sell straight to the public, about $599,000 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 Vermilion County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Vermilion County counts 9,115 hogs, 4,523 head of cattle and 973 egg-laying hens.

About 1,644 people run or help run farms in Vermilion County, with an average age of 60. 28% of them are women. 155 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.

Where Vermilion County stands out: it ranks #13 of 102 IL counties for total farm sales and #16 of 102 IL counties for number of farms.