KINGS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Armona to Lemoore Naval Ai, Kings County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Kings County by the Numbers

Kings County has 862 farms on 593,199 acres (about 688 acres each). Together they sold $2.1 billion of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), fruit & nuts and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow almonds, pistachios and walnuts, and local fields produce tomatoes, garlic, onions and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 35,578 honey bee colonies.

13 farms in Kings County already sell straight to the public, about $500,000 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 Kings County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 324,887 head of cattle, 10,227 goats and 1,152 egg-laying hens in Kings County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,679 people run or help run farms in Kings County, with an average age of 57. 30% of them are women. 191 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Kings County stands out: it ranks #2 of 50 CA counties for goats and #10 of 56 CA counties for total farm sales.