HUMBOLDT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Eureka, Alderpoint and Carlotta buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Humboldt County by the Numbers

Humboldt County has 721 farms on 544,630 acres (about 755 acres each). Together they sold $178.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and aquaculture.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pears, and local fields produce squash, sweet corn, beets and pumpkins.

98 farms in Humboldt County already sell straight to the public, about $1.8 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 Humboldt County

Humboldt County farms and homesteads keep 59,575 head of cattle, 7,689 sheep and 3,106 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,357 people run or help run farms in Humboldt County, with an average age of 56. 43% of them are women. 183 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 21 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.