PLACER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Placer County? Backyard growers and small farms around Roseville, Auburn and Carnelian Bay list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Placer County by the Numbers

Placer County has 1,093 farms on 84,898 acres (about 78 acres each). Together they sold $51.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, fruit & nuts and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow almonds, walnuts and tangerines, and local fields produce tomatoes, pumpkins, cucumbers and watermelons.

170 farms in Placer County already sell straight to the public, about $4.9 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 Placer County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 12,864 head of cattle, 8,924 sheep and 5,924 goats in Placer County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,986 people run or help run farms in Placer County, with an average age of 61. 48% of them are women. 84 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 40 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Placer County stands out: it ranks #6 of 50 CA counties for goats.