MONO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Benton, Bridgeport and Lee Vining buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local citrus when it comes into season in California. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Mono County by the Numbers

Mono County has 61 farms on 61,063 acres (about 1,001 acres each). Together they sold $35.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants and poultry & eggs.

2 farms in Mono County already sell straight to the public. 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 Mono County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 5,931 head of cattle, 760 horses and ponies and 66 egg-laying hens in Mono County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 112 people run or help run farms in Mono County, with an average age of 62. 45% of them are women. 9 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.