WYANDOTTE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Wyandotte County? Backyard growers and small farms around Kansas City, Lake Of The Fore and and Rosedale list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Wyandotte County by the Numbers

Wyandotte County has 160 farms on 9,316 acres (about 58 acres each). Together they sold $5.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, vegetables and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, potatoes, tomatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 285 honey bee colonies.

39 farms in Wyandotte County already sell straight to the public, about $370,000 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 Wyandotte County

Wyandotte County farms and homesteads keep 929 goats, 898 egg-laying hens and 534 head of cattle. Goat milk, cheese and soap are popular homestead products.

About 291 people run or help run farms in Wyandotte County, with an average age of 56. 42% of them are women. 21 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Wyandotte County stands out: it ranks #10 of 64 KS counties for honey bee colonies and #19 of 91 KS counties for goats.