BROWN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Brown County? Backyard growers and small farms around Morgantown, Nashville and and Nineveh list it here. Indiana favorites like melons and popcorn show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Brown County by the Numbers

Brown County has 157 farms on 15,451 acres (about 98 acres each). Together they sold $5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, and local fields produce squash, pumpkins, green beans and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 58 honey bee colonies.

20 farms in Brown County already sell straight to the public, about $97,000 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 Brown County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,674 egg-laying hens, 714 head of cattle and 571 goats in Brown County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 296 people run or help run farms in Brown County, with an average age of 59. 42% of them are women. 29 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.