BERRIEN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Baroda, Benton Harbor and Buchanan buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local blueberries when it comes into season in Michigan. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Berrien County by the Numbers

Berrien County has 792 farms on 144,490 acres (about 182 acres each). Together they sold $236 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, fruit & nuts and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and tart cherries, and local fields produce cucumbers, squash, bell peppers and tomatoes.

156 farms in Berrien County already sell straight to the public, about $14.9 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 Berrien County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Berrien County counts 22,805 hogs, 2,610 egg-laying hens and 2,077 head of cattle.

About 1,495 people run or help run farms in Berrien County, with an average age of 57. 36% of them are women. 142 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 19 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Berrien County stands out: it ranks #1 of 81 MI counties for selling food straight to the public.