LAKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Lake County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Baldwin, Chase and and Luther. Michigan favorites like cherries and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Lake County by the Numbers

Lake County has 146 farms on 17,761 acres (about 122 acres each). Together they sold $1.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, hay & other field crops and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and grapes, and local fields produce asparagus. Beekeepers tend about 69 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Lake County already sell straight to the public, about $13,000 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 Lake County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Lake County counts 1,174 egg-laying hens, 1,114 head of cattle and 435 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 257 people run or help run farms in Lake County, with an average age of 57. 41% of them are women. 22 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.