CLARE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Clare, Farwell and and Lake George buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Michigan favorites like blueberries and asparagus show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Clare County by the Numbers

Clare County has 336 farms on 46,699 acres (about 139 acres each). Together they sold $28.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce watermelons and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 66 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Clare County already sell straight to the public, about $81,000 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 Clare County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Clare County counts 8,652 head of cattle, 2,439 egg-laying hens and 1,127 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 543 people run or help run farms in Clare County, with an average age of 57. 34% of them are women. 56 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.