LEWIS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Craigmont, Nezperce and and Winchester buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Lewis County by the Numbers

Lewis County has 219 farms on 249,015 acres (about 1,137 acres each). Together they sold $76.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat and poultry & eggs.

3 farms in Lewis County already sell straight to the public, about $9,000 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 Lewis County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Lewis County counts 4,502 head of cattle, 211 egg-laying hens and 161 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 388 people run or help run farms in Lewis County, with an average age of 59. 39% of them are women. 30 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.