LUCE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Mc Millan, and Newberry buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Michigan favorites like cherries and apples show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Luce County by the Numbers

Luce County has 47 farms on 8,037 acres (about 171 acres each).

Beekeepers tend about 162 honey bee colonies.

2 farms in Luce County already sell straight to the public. 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 Luce County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Luce County counts 649 egg-laying hens, 448 head of cattle and 38 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 72 people run or help run farms in Luce County, with an average age of 59. 40% of them are women. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.