SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Santa Barbara County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Santa Barbara, Lompoc and Casmalia. California favorites like strawberries and apples show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Santa Barbara County by the Numbers

Santa Barbara County has 1,359 farms on 621,663 acres (about 457 acres each). Together they sold $2.6 billion of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, vegetables and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, avocados and lemons, and local fields produce broccoli, lettuce, cauliflower and carrots. Beekeepers tend about 8,573 honey bee colonies.

123 farms in Santa Barbara County already sell straight to the public, about $45.6 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 Santa Barbara County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Santa Barbara County counts 26,489 head of cattle, 5,515 horses and ponies and 3,044 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,809 people run or help run farms in Santa Barbara County, with an average age of 60. 36% of them are women. 157 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 43 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Santa Barbara County stands out: it ranks #3 of 52 CA counties for selling food straight to the public and #9 of 56 CA counties for total farm sales.