SHOSHONE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Shoshone County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Idaho for Avery, Calder and Mullan. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Shoshone County by the Numbers

Shoshone County has 44 farms on 1,605 acres (about 36 acres each). Together they sold $222,000 of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, sheep & goats and horses.

Beekeepers tend about 12 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Shoshone County already sell straight to the public, about $23,000 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 Shoshone County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 318 egg-laying hens, 168 goats and 161 head of cattle in Shoshone County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 81 people run or help run farms in Shoshone County, with an average age of 56. 52% of them are women. 4 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.