SWITZERLAND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Switzerland County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Indiana for Bennington, Canaan and and Vevay. Indiana favorites like tomatoes and melons show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Switzerland County by the Numbers

Switzerland County has 339 farms on 53,933 acres (about 159 acres each). Together they sold $23.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Local fields produce tomatoes and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 30 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Switzerland County already sell straight to the public, about $31,000 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 Switzerland County

Switzerland County farms and homesteads keep 3,839 head of cattle, 1,942 egg-laying hens and 590 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 550 people run or help run farms in Switzerland County, with an average age of 57. 33% of them are women. 47 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.