NEVADA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Nevada County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Grass Valley, Nevada City and Smartville. Watch for local citrus when it comes into season in California. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Nevada County by the Numbers

Nevada County has 620 farms on 64,185 acres (about 104 acres each). Together they sold $12.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, fruit & nuts and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and olives, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, lettuce and squash. Beekeepers tend about 1,144 honey bee colonies.

93 farms in Nevada County already sell straight to the public, about $2.6 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 Nevada County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 5,089 sheep, 4,861 head of cattle and 4,282 egg-laying hens in Nevada County. Local wool, lamb and fiber crafts often trade hands at farmers markets.

About 1,240 people run or help run farms in Nevada County, with an average age of 58. 48% of them are women. 116 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 19 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.