COLUMBIA COUNTY MARKET

Columbia County, Oregon Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Columbia City, Deer Island and Vernonia buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Columbia County by the Numbers

Columbia County has 723 farms on 49,276 acres (about 68 acres each). Together they sold $64.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, vegetables and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and plums, and local fields produce pumpkins, cucumbers, tomatoes and garlic. Beekeepers tend about 286 honey bee colonies.

138 farms in Columbia County already sell straight to the public, about $530,000 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 Columbia County

Columbia County farms and homesteads keep 6,676 egg-laying hens, 6,250 head of cattle and 798 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,327 people run or help run farms in Columbia County, with an average age of 58. 48% of them are women. 117 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.