MANITOWOC COUNTY MARKET

Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Manitowoc County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Cleveland, Collins and Manitowoc. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Manitowoc County by the Numbers

Manitowoc County has 1,092 farms on 236,367 acres (about 216 acres each). Together they sold $467 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pears, and local fields produce green beans, beets, green peas and carrots. Beekeepers tend about 454 honey bee colonies.

95 farms in Manitowoc County already sell straight to the public, about $1.5 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 Manitowoc County

Manitowoc County farms and homesteads keep 109,425 head of cattle, 2,192 goats and 1,463 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,954 people run or help run farms in Manitowoc County, with an average age of 56. 33% of them are women. 229 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Manitowoc County stands out: it ranks #9 of 69 WI counties for total farm sales and #10 of 65 WI counties for goats.