MARICOPA COUNTY MARKET

Maricopa County, Arizona Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in Maricopa County? Backyard growers and small farms around Phoenix, Mesa and Tempe list it here. 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 Maricopa County by the Numbers

Maricopa County has 1,527 farms on 502,029 acres (about 329 acres each). Together they sold $1.6 billion of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), hay & other field crops and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pistachios, peaches and tangelos, and local fields produce watermelons, cabbage, spinach and fresh herbs. Beekeepers tend about 16,486 honey bee colonies.

174 farms in Maricopa County already sell straight to the public, about $4.9 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 Maricopa County

Maricopa County farms and homesteads keep 211,891 head of cattle, 8,270 horses and ponies and 2,958 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,827 people run or help run farms in Maricopa County, with an average age of 59. 43% of them are women. 215 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 31 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Maricopa County stands out: it ranks #1 of 15 AZ counties for total farm sales and #1 of 11 AZ counties for honey bee colonies.