ELKHART COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Elkhart to Nappanee, Elkhart County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Elkhart County by the Numbers

Elkhart County has 1,809 farms on 195,094 acres (about 108 acres each). Together they sold $497.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and sweet cherries, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 256 honey bee colonies.

125 farms in Elkhart County already sell straight to the public, about $1.3 million 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 Elkhart County

Elkhart County farms and homesteads keep 876,309 egg-laying hens, 62,450 hogs and 47,166 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 3,394 people run or help run farms in Elkhart County, with an average age of 47. 37% of them are women. 796 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Elkhart County stands out: it ranks #1 of 90 IN counties for goats and #2 of 92 IN counties for number of farms.