TULARE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Visalia, Alpaugh and Cutler buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Tulare County by the Numbers

Tulare County has 3,713 farms on 1,310,768 acres (about 353 acres each). Together they sold $6.4 billion of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), fruit & nuts and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow oranges, almonds and pistachios, and local fields produce spinach, broccoli, tomatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 92,867 honey bee colonies.

140 farms in Tulare County already sell straight to the public, about $10 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 Tulare County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,080,665 head of cattle, 7,846 goats and 2,314 horses and ponies in Tulare County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 6,864 people run or help run farms in Tulare County, with an average age of 60. 31% of them are women. 374 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Tulare County stands out: it ranks #2 of 56 CA counties for total farm sales and #3 of 58 CA counties for number of farms.