LAKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Lake County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Fairport Harbor, Madison and Willoughby. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Ohio. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Lake County by the Numbers

Lake County has 243 farms on 13,886 acres (about 57 acres each). Together they sold $97.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pawpaws, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 233 honey bee colonies.

48 farms in Lake County already sell straight to the public, about $1.2 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 Lake County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,358 egg-laying hens, 312 goats and 232 head of cattle in Lake County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 416 people run or help run farms in Lake County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 25 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.