SAN DIEGO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 San Diego County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in San Diego, Chula Vista and Carlsbad. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in San Diego County by the Numbers

San Diego County has 4,031 farms on 179,330 acres (about 44 acres each). Together they sold $1.1 billion of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, fruit & nuts and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow avocados, oranges and lemons, and local fields produce tomatoes, pumpkins, lettuce and radishes. Beekeepers tend about 44,294 honey bee colonies.

499 farms in San Diego County already sell straight to the public, about $24.4 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 Diego County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,094,318 egg-laying hens, 14,656 head of cattle and 5,694 horses and ponies in San Diego County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 7,289 people run or help run farms in San Diego County, with an average age of 62. 41% of them are women. 302 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 50 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where San Diego County stands out: it ranks #2 of 58 CA counties for number of farms and #4 of 50 CA counties for egg-laying hens.