SHASTA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Shasta County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Redding, Anderson and Cassel. California favorites like avocados and strawberries show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Shasta County by the Numbers

Shasta County has 1,120 farms on 286,114 acres (about 255 acres each). Together they sold $85.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow walnuts, olives and grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, squash, tomatoes and fresh herbs. Beekeepers tend about 37,445 honey bee colonies.

126 farms in Shasta County already sell straight to the public, about $1.3 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 Shasta County

Shasta County farms and homesteads keep 17,975 head of cattle, 5,523 egg-laying hens and 2,172 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,036 people run or help run farms in Shasta County, with an average age of 59. 48% of them are women. 90 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 Shasta County stands out: it ranks #10 of 51 CA counties for honey bee colonies.