AMADOR COUNTY MARKET

Amador County, California Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Amador County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Amador City, Fiddletown and Pioneer. Watch for local strawberries when it comes into season in California. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Amador County by the Numbers

Amador County has 445 farms on 132,565 acres (about 298 acres each). Together they sold $25.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, walnuts and olives, and local fields produce tomatoes, cucumbers, honeydew melons and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 32 honey bee colonies.

65 farms in Amador County already sell straight to the public, about $11.9 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 Amador County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 12,990 head of cattle, 1,941 egg-laying hens and 1,342 goats in Amador County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 902 people run or help run farms in Amador County, with an average age of 59. 44% of them are women. 51 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.