SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Schoolcraft County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Cooks, Germfask and and Thompson. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Schoolcraft County by the Numbers

Schoolcraft County has 65 farms on 13,042 acres (about 201 acres each). Together they sold $2.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, fruit & nuts and hogs.

Local fields produce beets and broccoli. Beekeepers tend about 14 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Schoolcraft County already sell straight to the public, about $59,000 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 Schoolcraft County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,352 head of cattle, 108 horses and ponies and 36 hogs in Schoolcraft County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 115 people run or help run farms in Schoolcraft County, with an average age of 55. 41% of them are women. 24 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.