DELAWARE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Muncie to Selma, Delaware County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Indiana favorites like popcorn and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Delaware County by the Numbers

Delaware County has 506 farms on 156,043 acres (about 308 acres each). Together they sold $156.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, green beans and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 443 honey bee colonies.

41 farms in Delaware County already sell straight to the public, about $304,000 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 Delaware County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 12,092 hogs, 2,709 head of cattle and 2,533 egg-laying hens in Delaware County.

About 891 people run or help run farms in Delaware County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 84 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Delaware County stands out: it ranks #10 of 88 IN counties for honey bee colonies and #16 of 78 IN counties for egg-laying hens.