MADERA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Madera County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Madera, Ahwahnee and North Fork. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Madera County by the Numbers

Madera County has 1,255 farms on 693,611 acres (about 553 acres each). Together they sold $2 billion of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, dairy (milk) and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow almonds, grapes and pistachios, and local fields produce radishes, squash, kale and turnips. Beekeepers tend about 78,082 honey bee colonies.

33 farms in Madera County already sell straight to the public, about $921,000 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 Madera County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Madera County counts 195,378 head of cattle, 3,096 sheep and 2,407 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,459 people run or help run farms in Madera County, with an average age of 59. 32% of them are women. 167 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 23 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Madera County stands out: it ranks #6 of 51 CA counties for honey bee colonies and #12 of 56 CA counties for total farm sales.