WALWORTH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Darien to Genoa City, Walworth County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Walworth County by the Numbers

Walworth County has 861 farms on 179,902 acres (about 209 acres each). Together they sold $272.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, green peas and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 487 honey bee colonies.

88 farms in Walworth County already sell straight to the public, about $2.3 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 Walworth County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Walworth County counts 49,018 head of cattle, 40,446 egg-laying hens and 12,725 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,530 people run or help run farms in Walworth County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 161 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 22 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Walworth County stands out: it ranks #7 of 69 WI counties for selling food straight to the public and #13 of 66 WI counties for egg-laying hens.