LAKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Lake County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Clearlake, Clearlake Oaks and Lakeport. 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 Lake County by the Numbers

Lake County has 581 farms on 138,030 acres (about 238 acres each). Together they sold $71 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, sheep & goats and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, pears and olives, and local fields produce tomatoes, fresh herbs, lettuce and squash. Beekeepers tend about 318 honey bee colonies.

58 farms in Lake County already sell straight to the public, about $3.6 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 Lake County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Lake County counts 2,888 head of cattle, 1,906 egg-laying hens and 637 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,051 people run or help run farms in Lake County, with an average age of 63. 41% of them are women. 26 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.