MASON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Branch to Scottville, Mason 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 Mason County by the Numbers

Mason County has 418 farms on 75,664 acres (about 181 acres each). Together they sold $85.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, corn and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow tart cherries, apples and sweet cherries, and local fields produce green beans, squash, asparagus and carrots. Beekeepers tend about 521 honey bee colonies.

61 farms in Mason County already sell straight to the public, about $788,000 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 Mason County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Mason County counts 15,237 hogs, 5,651 head of cattle and 1,514 egg-laying hens.

About 731 people run or help run farms in Mason County, with an average age of 60. 35% of them are women. 56 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.