LA PORTE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Hanna to Michigan City, La Porte 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. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in La Porte County by the Numbers

La Porte County has 677 farms on 277,850 acres (about 410 acres each). Together they sold $308.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet corn, pumpkins and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 578 honey bee colonies.

55 farms in La Porte County already sell straight to the public, about $2.8 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.