MILWAUKEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Milwaukee County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Milwaukee, Greenfield and Franklin. Wisconsin favorites like cherries and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Milwaukee County by the Numbers

Milwaukee County has 100 farms. Together they sold $6.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, chile peppers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 87 honey bee colonies.

32 farms in Milwaukee County already sell straight to the public, about $103,000 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 Milwaukee County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 256 egg-laying hens and 45 horses and ponies in Milwaukee County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 181 people run or help run farms in Milwaukee County, with an average age of 52. 32% of them are women. 39 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.