WASHTENAW COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Washtenaw County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Michigan for Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and Milan. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Michigan. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Washtenaw County by the Numbers

Washtenaw County has 1,255 farms on 177,064 acres (about 141 acres each). Together they sold $141.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, chestnuts and grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, potatoes and asparagus. Beekeepers tend about 1,990 honey bee colonies.

253 farms in Washtenaw County already sell straight to the public, about $3.6 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 Washtenaw County

Washtenaw County farms and homesteads keep 14,023 head of cattle, 11,433 egg-laying hens and 7,931 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,300 people run or help run farms in Washtenaw County, with an average age of 55. 41% of them are women. 233 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 57 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Washtenaw County stands out: it ranks #4 of 83 MI counties for number of farms and #5 of 76 MI counties for goats.