GLADWIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Beaverton to and Rhodes, Gladwin County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Gladwin County by the Numbers

Gladwin County has 419 farms on 52,978 acres (about 126 acres each). Together they sold $23.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 734 honey bee colonies.

28 farms in Gladwin County already sell straight to the public, about $291,000 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 Gladwin County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Gladwin County counts 4,143 head of cattle, 2,023 egg-laying hens and 706 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 679 people run or help run farms in Gladwin County, with an average age of 59. 38% of them are women. 55 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.