EL DORADO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Cameron Park to Echo Lake, El Dorado County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in California. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in El Dorado County by the Numbers

El Dorado County has 1,204 farms on 93,239 acres (about 77 acres each). Together they sold $32.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, cattle and Christmas trees.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and walnuts, and local fields produce tomatoes, pumpkins, chile peppers and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 1,393 honey bee colonies.

172 farms in El Dorado County already sell straight to the public, about $16.9 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 El Dorado County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, El Dorado County counts 7,659 egg-laying hens, 7,497 head of cattle and 1,704 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,189 people run or help run farms in El Dorado County, with an average age of 61. 46% of them are women. 132 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 30 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where El Dorado County stands out: it ranks #8 of 52 CA counties for selling food straight to the public.