MORGAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Brooklyn, Camby and Mooresville buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Morgan County by the Numbers

Morgan County has 506 farms on 130,356 acres (about 258 acres each). Together they sold $122.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pawpaws, and local fields produce pumpkins and squash. Beekeepers tend about 457 honey bee colonies.

30 farms in Morgan County already sell straight to the public. 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 Morgan County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Morgan County counts 13,643 hogs, 3,947 head of cattle and 1,618 egg-laying hens.

About 916 people run or help run farms in Morgan County, with an average age of 60. 32% of them are women. 78 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.

Where Morgan County stands out: it ranks #8 of 88 IN counties for honey bee colonies.