SEDGWICK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Sedgwick County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Wichita, Eastborough and Cheney. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Sedgwick County by the Numbers

Sedgwick County has 1,283 farms on 474,946 acres (about 370 acres each). Together they sold $175.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, mustard greens and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 434 honey bee colonies.

96 farms in Sedgwick County already sell straight to the public, about $1.1 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 Sedgwick County

Sedgwick County farms and homesteads keep 33,497 head of cattle, 2,518 egg-laying hens and 1,717 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,258 people run or help run farms in Sedgwick County, with an average age of 58. 32% of them are women. 187 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Sedgwick County stands out: it ranks #3 of 105 KS counties for number of farms and #4 of 64 KS counties for honey bee colonies.