LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY MARKET

Lewis and Clark County, Montana Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Helena, Augusta and Lincoln buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Lewis and Clark County by the Numbers

Lewis and Clark County has 595 farms on 996,169 acres (about 1,674 acres each). Together they sold $56.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and tart cherries, and local fields produce pumpkins and squash. Beekeepers tend about 18 honey bee colonies.

28 farms in Lewis and Clark County already sell straight to the public, about $158,000 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 and Clark County

Lewis and Clark County farms and homesteads keep 44,064 head of cattle, 2,586 sheep and 1,752 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,128 people run or help run farms in Lewis and Clark County, with an average age of 60. 44% of them are women. 73 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lewis and Clark County stands out: it ranks #9 of 41 MT counties for goats.