VANDERBURGH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Vanderburgh County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Evansville and the rest of Vanderburgh County. Indiana favorites like sweet corn and tomatoes show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Vanderburgh County by the Numbers

Vanderburgh County has 204 farms on 51,839 acres (about 254 acres each). Together they sold $50.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow hazelnuts. Beekeepers tend about 20 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Vanderburgh County already sell straight to the public, about $201,000 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 Vanderburgh County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 535 hogs, 374 egg-laying hens and 138 goats in Vanderburgh County.

About 357 people run or help run farms in Vanderburgh County, with an average age of 58. 27% of them are women. 28 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.