COLUSA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Colusa County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Arbuckle, Colusa and Princeton. Watch for local avocados when it comes into season in California. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Colusa County by the Numbers

Colusa County has 715 farms on 465,843 acres (about 652 acres each). Together they sold $552.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, rice and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow almonds, walnuts and grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes, watermelons, squash and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 7,662 honey bee colonies.

30 farms in Colusa County already sell straight to the public, about $551,000 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 Colusa County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 22,909 head of cattle, 3,894 sheep and 624 horses and ponies in Colusa County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,380 people run or help run farms in Colusa County, with an average age of 60. 33% of them are women. 100 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.