ADA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Ada County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Boise, Eagle and and Star. Idaho favorites like potatoes and apples show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Ada County by the Numbers

Ada County has 1,142 farms on 112,556 acres (about 99 acres each). Together they sold $191.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pears, and local fields produce onions, sweet corn, watermelons and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 12,999 honey bee colonies.

139 farms in Ada County already sell straight to the public, about $1.9 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 Ada County

Ada County farms and homesteads keep 58,038 head of cattle, 4,662 egg-laying hens and 2,043 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,084 people run or help run farms in Ada County, with an average age of 58. 44% of them are women. 112 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 18 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Ada County stands out: it ranks #2 of 39 ID counties for selling food straight to the public and #3 of 44 ID counties for number of farms.