STANISLAUS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Stanislaus County? Backyard growers and small farms around Modesto, Turlock and Hickman list it here. California favorites like honey and citrus show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Stanislaus County by the Numbers

Stanislaus County has 3,455 farms on 685,145 acres (about 198 acres each). Together they sold $2.9 billion of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, dairy (milk) and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow almonds, walnuts and grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet potatoes, cantaloupes and garlic. Beekeepers tend about 20,771 honey bee colonies.

88 farms in Stanislaus County already sell straight to the public, about $7.1 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 Stanislaus County

Stanislaus County farms and homesteads keep 972,924 egg-laying hens, 406,835 head of cattle and 8,494 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 6,563 people run or help run farms in Stanislaus County, with an average age of 59. 34% of them are women. 533 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Stanislaus County stands out: it ranks #4 of 58 CA counties for number of farms and #4 of 50 CA counties for goats.