CHIPPEWA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Barbeau, Dafter and Fibre buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Chippewa County by the Numbers

Chippewa County has 335 farms on 84,200 acres (about 251 acres each). Together they sold $15.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cattle and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce potatoes, pumpkins, tomatoes and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 168 honey bee colonies.

44 farms in Chippewa County already sell straight to the public, about $202,000 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 Chippewa County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Chippewa County counts 5,257 sheep, 3,757 head of cattle and 2,044 egg-laying hens. Local wool, lamb and fiber crafts often trade hands at farmers markets.

About 596 people run or help run farms in Chippewa County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 32 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.