LAWRENCE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Lawrence County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Indiana for Avoca, Bedford and Oolitic. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Lawrence County by the Numbers

Lawrence County has 706 farms on 117,099 acres (about 166 acres each). Together they sold $50.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, pawpaws and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, squash, potatoes and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 316 honey bee colonies.

45 farms in Lawrence County already sell straight to the public, about $294,000 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 Lawrence County

Lawrence County farms and homesteads keep 15,296 head of cattle, 2,329 egg-laying hens and 1,061 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,232 people run or help run farms in Lawrence County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 96 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lawrence County stands out: it ranks #12 of 90 IN counties for goats and #19 of 92 IN counties for number of farms.