STARKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Starke County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Grovertown, Hamlet and and San Pierre. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Starke County by the Numbers

Starke County has 394 farms on 98,815 acres (about 251 acres each). Together they sold $75.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hay & other field crops.

Local fields produce chile peppers, turnip greens, kale and squash.

5 farms in Starke County already sell straight to the public, about $194,000 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 Starke County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Starke County counts 306 egg-laying hens, 174 goats and 173 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 588 people run or help run farms in Starke County, with an average age of 63. 34% of them are women. 28 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.