MONROE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Carleton to La Salle, Monroe County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Michigan favorites like apples and blueberries 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 Monroe County by the Numbers

Monroe County has 1,122 farms on 206,377 acres (about 184 acres each). Together they sold $206.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, nursery & greenhouse plants and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce tomatoes, cabbage, sweet corn and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 243 honey bee colonies.

110 farms in Monroe County already sell straight to the public, about $3.5 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 Monroe County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Monroe County counts 6,979 egg-laying hens, 2,994 head of cattle and 1,141 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,845 people run or help run farms in Monroe County, with an average age of 58. 32% of them are women. 174 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 18 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Monroe County stands out: it ranks #8 of 83 MI counties for number of farms and #10 of 76 MI counties for egg-laying hens.