ALLEN COUNTY MARKET

Allen County, Ohio Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Lima, Beaverdam and Delphos buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Ohio favorites like tomatoes and maple syrup show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Allen County by the Numbers

Allen County has 897 farms on 178,921 acres (about 199 acres each). Together they sold $240.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, cantaloupes, tomatoes and fresh herbs. Beekeepers tend about 337 honey bee colonies.

41 farms in Allen County already sell straight to the public, about $587,000 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 Allen County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Allen County counts 235,800 hogs, 8,576 head of cattle and 877 sheep.

About 1,564 people run or help run farms in Allen County, with an average age of 57. 28% of them are women. 199 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.