FRESNO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Fresno County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Fresno, Clovis and Calwa. Watch for local citrus when it comes into season in California. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Fresno County by the Numbers

Fresno County has 4,427 farms on 1,659,451 acres (about 375 acres each). Together they sold $7 billion of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, vegetables and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow almonds, grapes and pistachios, and local fields produce tomatoes, garlic, onions and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 89,015 honey bee colonies.

142 farms in Fresno County already sell straight to the public, about $10.9 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 Fresno County

Fresno County farms and homesteads keep 467,508 head of cattle, 41,035 sheep and 5,923 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 8,045 people run or help run farms in Fresno County, with an average age of 60. 33% of them are women. 530 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 36 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Fresno County stands out: it ranks #1 of 58 CA counties for number of farms and #1 of 56 CA counties for total farm sales.