ANTRIM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Antrim County? Backyard growers and small farms around Alba, Alden and Elk Rapids list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Antrim County by the Numbers

Antrim County has 350 farms on 59,432 acres (about 170 acres each). Together they sold $48.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, vegetables and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow tart cherries, apples and sweet cherries, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and asparagus. Beekeepers tend about 3,706 honey bee colonies.

69 farms in Antrim County already sell straight to the public, about $4 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 Antrim County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Antrim County counts 3,670 head of cattle, 2,520 egg-laying hens and 398 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 655 people run or help run farms in Antrim County, with an average age of 60. 39% of them are women. 41 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 17 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Antrim County stands out: it ranks #5 of 74 MI counties for honey bee colonies and #8 of 81 MI counties for selling food straight to the public.