VIGO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Terre Haute to and Sandford, Vigo County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Indiana favorites like tomatoes and melons show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Vigo County by the Numbers

Vigo County has 464 farms on 105,310 acres (about 227 acres each). Together they sold $92.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 229 honey bee colonies.

27 farms in Vigo County already sell straight to the public, about $87,000 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 Vigo County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Vigo County counts 1,844 head of cattle, 925 egg-laying hens and 383 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 819 people run or help run farms in Vigo County, with an average age of 59. 34% of them are women. 62 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.