BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY MARKET

Bartholomew County, Indiana Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in Bartholomew County? Backyard growers and small farms around Columbus, Clifford and Jonesville list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Bartholomew County by the Numbers

Bartholomew County has 502 farms on 129,104 acres (about 257 acres each). Together they sold $128.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow persimmons and chestnuts, and local fields produce green beans, cucumbers, pumpkins and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 340 honey bee colonies.

31 farms in Bartholomew County already sell straight to the public, about $642,000 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 Bartholomew County

Bartholomew County farms and homesteads keep 57,105 hogs, 2,375 head of cattle and 1,029 egg-laying hens.

About 880 people run or help run farms in Bartholomew County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 64 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 Bartholomew County stands out: it ranks #14 of 90 IN counties for goats and #16 of 88 IN counties for honey bee colonies.