WASHOE COUNTY MARKET

Washoe County, Nevada Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Reno, Sparks and Nixon buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Washoe County by the Numbers

Washoe County has 314 farms on 477,037 acres (about 1,519 acres each). Together they sold $19.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce cantaloupes, beets, cucumbers and garlic. Beekeepers tend about 683 honey bee colonies.

53 farms in Washoe County already sell straight to the public, about $215,000 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 Washoe County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Washoe County counts 12,859 head of cattle, 1,367 egg-laying hens and 1,062 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 561 people run or help run farms in Washoe County, with an average age of 57. 44% of them are women. 64 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Washoe County stands out: it ranks #3 of 17 NV counties for number of farms and #3 of 15 NV counties for egg-laying hens.