IMPERIAL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Brawley, Calexico and Heber buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. California favorites like avocados and strawberries show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Imperial County by the Numbers

Imperial County has 482 farms on 736,586 acres (about 1,528 acres each). Together they sold $3 billion of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, hay & other field crops and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow lemons, tangelos and dates, and local fields produce lettuce, onions, carrots and broccoli. Beekeepers tend about 22,223 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Imperial County already sell straight to the public, about $183,000 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 Imperial County

Imperial County farms and homesteads keep 412,212 head of cattle, 228 hogs and 127 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 905 people run or help run farms in Imperial County, with an average age of 57. 21% of them are women. 76 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Imperial County stands out: it ranks #6 of 56 CA counties for total farm sales.