HAWAII COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Captain Cook to Holualoa, Hawaii County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Hawaii County by the Numbers

Hawaii County has 3,638 farms on 604,184 acres (about 166 acres each). Together they sold $290.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, aquaculture and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow coffee, papayas and bananas, and local fields produce sweet potatoes, lettuce, potatoes and cabbage. Beekeepers tend about 20,936 honey bee colonies.

640 farms in Hawaii County already sell straight to the public, about $24.3 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 Hawaii County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Hawaii County counts 100,946 head of cattle, 10,218 egg-laying hens and 8,646 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 6,408 people run or help run farms in Hawaii County, with an average age of 61. 43% of them are women. 360 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 130 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.