ST. JOSEPH COUNTY MARKET

St. Joseph County, Indiana Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in St. Joseph County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in South Bend, Mishawaka and North Liberty. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in St. Joseph County by the Numbers

St. Joseph County has 547 farms on 153,034 acres (about 280 acres each). Together they sold $162.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, asparagus and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 303 honey bee colonies.

49 farms in St. Joseph County already sell straight to the public, about $1.1 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.

Farm Life in St. Joseph County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 34,974 hogs, 4,513 head of cattle and 2,623 egg-laying hens in St. Joseph County.

About 970 people run or help run farms in St. Joseph County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 82 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 St. Joseph County stands out: it ranks #10 of 86 IN counties for selling food straight to the public and #15 of 78 IN counties for egg-laying hens.