BONNEVILLE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Bonneville County? Backyard growers and small farms around Idaho Falls, Ammon and and Swan Valley list it here. Idaho favorites like potatoes and apples show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Bonneville County by the Numbers

Bonneville County has 893 farms on 406,594 acres (about 455 acres each). Together they sold $256.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, cattle and barley.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and plums, and local fields produce potatoes, pumpkins, sweet corn and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 8,056 honey bee colonies.

48 farms in Bonneville County already sell straight to the public, about $459,000 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 Bonneville County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 74,787 head of cattle, 1,965 egg-laying hens and 1,785 horses and ponies in Bonneville County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,707 people run or help run farms in Bonneville County, with an average age of 55. 39% of them are women. 147 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Bonneville County stands out: it ranks #8 of 44 ID counties for number of farms and #8 of 39 ID counties for egg-laying hens.