ALGER COUNTY MARKET

Alger County, Michigan Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Au Train, Christmas and Limestone buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Alger County by the Numbers

Alger County has 95 farms on 18,945 acres (about 199 acres each). Together they sold $4.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), hay & other field crops and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples. Beekeepers tend about 19 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Alger County already sell straight to the public, about $115,000 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 Alger County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,364 head of cattle, 476 sheep and 49 horses and ponies in Alger County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 174 people run or help run farms in Alger County, with an average age of 58. 39% of them are women. 14 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.