OWEN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Owen County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Coal City, Freedom and Quincy. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Owen County by the Numbers

Owen County has 435 farms on 76,206 acres (about 175 acres each). Together they sold $32 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, watermelons and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 99 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Owen County already sell straight to the public, about $435,000 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 Owen County

Owen County farms and homesteads keep 4,550 head of cattle, 1,478 egg-laying hens and 578 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 772 people run or help run farms in Owen County, with an average age of 60. 38% of them are women. 40 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.