FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR COUNTY MARKET

Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 This is the Fairbanks North Star County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Alaska for Fairbanks, Coldfoot and North Pole. Alaska favorites like cabbage and wild berries 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 Fairbanks North Star County by the Numbers

Fairbanks North Star County has 295 farms on 101,187 acres (about 343 acres each). Together they sold $15.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, nursery & greenhouse plants and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce potatoes, carrots, squash and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 191 honey bee colonies.

56 farms in Fairbanks North Star 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 Fairbanks North Star County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Fairbanks North Star County counts 1,811 head of cattle, 1,426 egg-laying hens and 616 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 502 people run or help run farms in Fairbanks North Star County, with an average age of 59. 48% of them are women. 30 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Fairbanks North Star County stands out: it ranks #1 of 5 AK counties for selling food straight to the public and #3 of 5 AK counties for number of farms.