JOHNSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Greenwood to and Trafalgar, Johnson County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local popcorn when it comes into season in Indiana. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Johnson County by the Numbers

Johnson County has 520 farms on 122,228 acres (about 235 acres each). Together they sold $122.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, tomatoes and green onions. Beekeepers tend about 166 honey bee colonies.

44 farms in Johnson County already sell straight to the public, about $746,000 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 Johnson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 2,460 head of cattle, 1,406 egg-laying hens and 1,105 hogs in Johnson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 895 people run or help run farms in Johnson County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 67 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Johnson County stands out: it ranks #18 of 86 IN counties for selling food straight to the public.