BENZIE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Benzie County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Benzonia, Beulah and Lake Ann. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Benzie County by the Numbers

Benzie County has 194 farms on 15,800 acres (about 81 acres each). Together they sold $14.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, honey and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow tart cherries, apples and sweet cherries, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, green peas and snow peas. Beekeepers tend about 203 honey bee colonies.

58 farms in Benzie County already sell straight to the public, about $409,000 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 Benzie County

Benzie County farms and homesteads keep 689 egg-laying hens, 593 head of cattle and 142 hogs. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 334 people run or help run farms in Benzie County, with an average age of 61. 39% of them are women. 14 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.