NEZ PERCE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Culdesac, Lapwai and and South Gate Plaza buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Nez Perce County by the Numbers

Nez Perce County has 415 farms on 344,412 acres (about 830 acres each). Together they sold $96 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, hay & other field crops and barley.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, peaches and sweet cherries, and local fields produce green peas, sweet corn, watermelons and squash.

27 farms in Nez Perce County already sell straight to the public, about $146,000 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 Nez Perce County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Nez Perce County counts 9,115 head of cattle, 949 egg-laying hens and 586 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 794 people run or help run farms in Nez Perce County, with an average age of 60. 36% of them are women. 52 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.