SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 San Bernardino County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in San Bernardino, Fontana and Redlands. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in San Bernardino County by the Numbers

San Bernardino County has 809 farms on 36,659 acres (about 45 acres each). Together they sold $457.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), poultry & eggs and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow oranges, grapes and pistachios, and local fields produce cabbage, broccoli, mustard greens and fresh herbs. Beekeepers tend about 26,351 honey bee colonies.

124 farms in San Bernardino County already sell straight to the public, about $5.4 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 San Bernardino County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 860,010 egg-laying hens, 99,021 head of cattle and 1,932 horses and ponies in San Bernardino County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,376 people run or help run farms in San Bernardino County, with an average age of 62. 44% of them are women. 79 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where San Bernardino County stands out: it ranks #7 of 50 CA counties for egg-laying hens.