LAKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Lake County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Indiana for Gary, Hammond and East Chicago. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Lake County by the Numbers

Lake County has 347 farms on 123,589 acres (about 356 acres each). Together they sold $100 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 35 honey bee colonies.

28 farms in Lake County already sell straight to the public, about $427,000 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 Lake County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,452 egg-laying hens, 1,230 head of cattle and 996 sheep in Lake County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 668 people run or help run farms in Lake County, with an average age of 60. 38% of them are women. 48 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.