CHARLEVOIX COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Charlevoix County? Backyard growers and small farms around Boyne City, Boyne Falls and and Walloon Lake list it here. Michigan favorites like blueberries and asparagus show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Charlevoix County by the Numbers

Charlevoix County has 209 farms on 23,947 acres (about 115 acres each). Together they sold $11.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, nursery & greenhouse plants and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow tart cherries, apples and chestnuts, and local fields produce pumpkins, potatoes, cucumbers and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 25 honey bee colonies.

39 farms in Charlevoix County already sell straight to the public, about $413,000 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 Charlevoix County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Charlevoix County counts 2,025 egg-laying hens, 1,902 head of cattle and 362 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 390 people run or help run farms in Charlevoix County, with an average age of 57. 40% of them are women. 47 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.