EMMET COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Emmet County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Alanson, Bay View and Harbor Point. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Emmet County by the Numbers

Emmet County has 376 farms on 34,913 acres (about 93 acres each). Together they sold $11.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, dairy (milk) and aquaculture.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, carrots and squash. Beekeepers tend about 35 honey bee colonies.

83 farms in Emmet County already sell straight to the public, about $2 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 Emmet County

Emmet County farms and homesteads keep 6,479 egg-laying hens, 2,258 head of cattle and 1,191 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 684 people run or help run farms in Emmet County, with an average age of 57. 38% of them are women. 71 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Emmet County stands out: it ranks #13 of 76 MI counties for egg-laying hens.