LEAVENWORTH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Leavenworth County? Backyard growers and small farms around Basehor, Easton and Linwood list it here. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Kansas. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Leavenworth County by the Numbers

Leavenworth County has 1,023 farms on 150,003 acres (about 147 acres each). Together they sold $62.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pecans, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet corn, pumpkins and squash. Beekeepers tend about 293 honey bee colonies.

95 farms in Leavenworth County already sell straight to the public, about $2.1 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 Leavenworth County

Leavenworth County farms and homesteads keep 16,912 head of cattle, 3,869 egg-laying hens and 2,531 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,869 people run or help run farms in Leavenworth County, with an average age of 58. 40% of them are women. 162 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Leavenworth County stands out: it ranks #1 of 76 KS counties for selling food straight to the public and #6 of 105 KS counties for number of farms.