HENNEPIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Hennepin County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Minneapolis, Bloomington and Plymouth. 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 Hennepin County by the Numbers

Hennepin County has 511 farms on 32,406 acres (about 63 acres each). Together they sold $56.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, squash and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 476 honey bee colonies.

110 farms in Hennepin County already sell straight to the public, about $1.4 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 Hennepin County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Hennepin County counts 3,300 head of cattle, 2,556 egg-laying hens and 1,008 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 915 people run or help run farms in Hennepin County, with an average age of 57. 39% of them are women. 90 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 22 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Hennepin County stands out: it ranks #6 of 81 MN counties for selling food straight to the public.