JOHNSON COUNTY MARKET

Johnson County, Kansas Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in Johnson County? Backyard growers and small farms around Lenexa, Shawnee and Olathe list it here. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Kansas. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Johnson County by the Numbers

Johnson County has 613 farms on 53,247 acres (about 87 acres each). Together they sold $19.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, asparagus and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 1,114 honey bee colonies.

99 farms in Johnson County already sell straight to the public, about $1.3 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 Johnson County

Johnson County farms and homesteads keep 5,526 head of cattle, 2,272 egg-laying hens and 987 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,147 people run or help run farms in Johnson County, with an average age of 58. 39% of them are women. 85 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 19 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Johnson County stands out: it ranks #1 of 64 KS counties for honey bee colonies and #4 of 76 KS counties for selling food straight to the public.