SACRAMENTO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Sacramento County? Backyard growers and small farms around Sacramento, Citrus Heights and El Dorado Hills list it here. California favorites like strawberries and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Sacramento County by the Numbers

Sacramento County has 1,118 farms on 256,617 acres (about 230 acres each). Together they sold $568.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, nursery & greenhouse plants and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, pears and almonds, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet corn, pumpkins and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 29,301 honey bee colonies.

111 farms in Sacramento County already sell straight to the public, about $8.8 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 Sacramento County

Sacramento County farms and homesteads keep 36,760 head of cattle, 9,980 goats and 8,884 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,041 people run or help run farms in Sacramento County, with an average age of 58. 40% of them are women. 133 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 26 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Sacramento County stands out: it ranks #3 of 50 CA counties for goats.