TRINITY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Trinity County? Backyard growers and small farms around Big Bar, Burnt Ranch and Hyampom list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Trinity County by the Numbers

Trinity County has 139 farms on 57,124 acres (about 411 acres each). Together they sold $3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, nursery & greenhouse plants and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce potatoes, squash, sweet corn and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 126 honey bee colonies.

31 farms in Trinity County already sell straight to the public, about $161,000 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 Trinity County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Trinity County counts 3,791 head of cattle, 547 egg-laying hens and 422 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 276 people run or help run farms in Trinity County, with an average age of 55. 41% of them are women. 37 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.