DEL NORTE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Crescent City, Gasquet and and Smith River buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. California favorites like strawberries and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Del Norte County by the Numbers

Del Norte County has 54 farms. Together they sold $44.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples.

8 farms in Del Norte County already sell straight to the public, about $39,000 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 Del Norte County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 95,120 egg-laying hens, 7,047 head of cattle and 112 sheep in Del Norte County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 103 people run or help run farms in Del Norte County, with an average age of 61. 42% of them are women. 4 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Del Norte County stands out: it ranks #8 of 50 CA counties for egg-laying hens.