LENAWEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Lenawee County? Backyard growers and small farms around Addison, Adrian and Clayton list it here. Watch for local cherries when it comes into season in Michigan. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Lenawee County by the Numbers

Lenawee County has 1,205 farms on 327,255 acres (about 272 acres each). Together they sold $341.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce chile peppers, pumpkins, sweet corn and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 318 honey bee colonies.

80 farms in Lenawee County already sell straight to the public, about $3.6 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 Lenawee County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 33,584 head of cattle, 6,308 hogs and 4,753 egg-laying hens in Lenawee County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,013 people run or help run farms in Lenawee County, with an average age of 60. 31% of them are women. 168 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lenawee County stands out: it ranks #7 of 83 MI counties for number of farms and #9 of 81 MI counties for total farm sales.