COOK COUNTY MARKET

Cook County, Minnesota Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Cook County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Grand Marais, Grand Portage and and Tofte. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Minnesota. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Cook County by the Numbers

Cook County has 25 farms on 1,940 acres (about 78 acres each). Together they sold $506,000 of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, fruit & nuts and hay & other field crops.

Local fields produce potatoes, lettuce, carrots and squash.

10 farms in Cook County already sell straight to the public, about $21,000 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 Cook County

Cook County farms and homesteads keep 92 egg-laying hens and 49 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 47 people run or help run farms in Cook County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 3 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.