ORANGE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Orange County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in California for Anaheim, Newport Beach and Buena Park. Watch for local strawberries when it comes into season in California. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Orange County by the Numbers

Orange County has 158 farms on 37,658 acres (about 238 acres each). Together they sold $70.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, vegetables and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow avocados, grapes and oranges, and local fields produce green beans, bell peppers, tomatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 1,612 honey bee colonies.

20 farms in Orange County already sell straight to the public, about $289,000 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 Orange County

Orange County farms and homesteads keep 1,297 horses and ponies, 411 egg-laying hens and 109 sheep. Hay, tack and horse boarding are common listings in horse country.

About 312 people run or help run farms in Orange County, with an average age of 62. 34% of them are women. 11 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.