MONTMORENCY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Montmorency County? Backyard growers and small farms around Atlanta, Hillman and and Lewiston list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Montmorency County by the Numbers

Montmorency County has 103 farms on 20,347 acres (about 198 acres each). Together they sold $5.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples. Beekeepers tend about 22 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Montmorency County already sell straight to the public, about $103,000 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 Montmorency County

Montmorency County farms and homesteads keep 1,620 head of cattle, 608 egg-laying hens and 76 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 187 people run or help run farms in Montmorency County, with an average age of 54. 42% of them are women. 35 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.