SOLANO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Solano County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in California for Vacaville, Vallejo and Elmira. Watch for local strawberries when it comes into season in California. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Solano County by the Numbers

Solano County has 712 farms on 339,476 acres (about 477 acres each). Together they sold $465.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow almonds, walnuts and grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes, cucumbers, watermelons and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 9,328 honey bee colonies.

97 farms in Solano County already sell straight to the public, about $3.2 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 Solano County

Solano County farms and homesteads keep 99,106 sheep, 50,792 head of cattle and 18,994 egg-laying hens. Local wool, lamb and fiber crafts often trade hands at farmers markets.

About 1,444 people run or help run farms in Solano County, with an average age of 59. 42% of them are women. 114 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 40 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Solano County stands out: it ranks #7 of 50 CA counties for goats.