JACKSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Jackson County? Backyard growers and small farms around Jackson, Brooklyn and Hanover list it here. Watch for local cherries when it comes into season in Michigan. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Jackson County by the Numbers

Jackson County has 896 farms on 177,091 acres (about 198 acres each). Together they sold $123.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 570 honey bee colonies.

142 farms in Jackson County already sell straight to the public, about $1.8 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 Jackson County

Jackson County farms and homesteads keep 11,819 head of cattle, 8,668 egg-laying hens and 6,089 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,632 people run or help run farms in Jackson County, with an average age of 56. 36% of them are women. 159 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 20 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Jackson County stands out: it ranks #6 of 76 MI counties for goats and #7 of 76 MI counties for egg-laying hens.