GLENN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Glenn County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Artois, Butte City and Orland. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Glenn County by the Numbers

Glenn County has 1,084 farms on 484,172 acres (about 447 acres each). Together they sold $548.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, rice and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow almonds, walnuts and olives, and local fields produce watermelons, cantaloupes, pumpkins and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 67,471 honey bee colonies.

34 farms in Glenn County already sell straight to the public. 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 Glenn County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Glenn County counts 52,325 head of cattle, 3,406 goats and 2,702 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,114 people run or help run farms in Glenn County, with an average age of 57. 36% of them are women. 223 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Glenn County stands out: it ranks #7 of 51 CA counties for honey bee colonies and #9 of 50 CA counties for goats.