LOS ANGELES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Los Angeles County? Backyard growers and small farms around Los Angeles, Glendale and Santa Monica list it here. Watch for local citrus when it comes into season in California. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Los Angeles County by the Numbers

Los Angeles County has 766 farms on 69,224 acres (about 90 acres each). Together they sold $199.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, avocados and almonds, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet corn, beets and cauliflower. Beekeepers tend about 3,469 honey bee colonies.

109 farms in Los Angeles County already sell straight to the public, about $2.7 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 Los Angeles County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 6,364 head of cattle, 4,497 horses and ponies and 2,960 egg-laying hens in Los Angeles County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,531 people run or help run farms in Los Angeles County, with an average age of 60. 41% of them are women. 122 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 41 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.