SANTA CRUZ COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Santa Cruz County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Arizona for Amado, Elgin and Sonoita. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Arizona. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Santa Cruz County by the Numbers

Santa Cruz County has 166 farms on 119,188 acres (about 718 acres each). Together they sold $11.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce chile peppers.

12 farms in Santa Cruz County already sell straight to the public, about $359,000 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 Santa Cruz County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Santa Cruz County counts 10,409 head of cattle, 855 egg-laying hens and 680 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 329 people run or help run farms in Santa Cruz County, with an average age of 62. 44% of them are women. 18 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.