MARIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Marin County? Backyard growers and small farms around Novato, Belvedere and Dillon Beach list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Marin County by the Numbers

Marin County has 255 farms on 121,843 acres (about 478 acres each). Together they sold $54 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and aquaculture.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, olives and apples, and local fields produce tomatoes, garlic, squash and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 240 honey bee colonies.

42 farms in Marin County already sell straight to the public, about $4.5 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 Marin County

Marin County farms and homesteads keep 38,370 egg-laying hens, 22,953 head of cattle and 2,869 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 514 people run or help run farms in Marin County, with an average age of 60. 46% of them are women. 41 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 25 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Marin County stands out: it ranks #9 of 50 CA counties for egg-laying hens.