GRANT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Grant County? Backyard growers and small farms around Marion, Fairmount and Landess list it here. 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 Grant County by the Numbers

Grant County has 457 farms on 159,502 acres (about 349 acres each). Together they sold $167.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet corn, green beans and squash. Beekeepers tend about 39 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Grant County already sell straight to the public, about $162,000 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 Grant County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Grant County counts 25,960 hogs, 2,008 head of cattle and 921 egg-laying hens.

About 778 people run or help run farms in Grant County, with an average age of 60. 28% of them are women. 26 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.