HUBBARD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Hubbard County? Backyard growers and small farms around Akeley, Benedict and and Park Rapids 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 Hubbard County by the Numbers

Hubbard County has 336 farms on 98,144 acres (about 292 acres each). Together they sold $52.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce cucumbers, carrots, broccoli and kale. Beekeepers tend about 20 honey bee colonies.

18 farms in Hubbard County already sell straight to the public, about $217,000 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 Hubbard County

Hubbard County farms and homesteads keep 5,981 head of cattle, 756 egg-laying hens and 384 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 600 people run or help run farms in Hubbard County, with an average age of 56. 38% of them are women. 76 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.