DOUGLAS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Azalea to Drain, Douglas County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local hazelnuts when it comes into season in Oregon. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Douglas County by the Numbers

Douglas County has 1,811 farms on 329,559 acres (about 182 acres each). Together they sold $89.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, fruit & nuts and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, hazelnuts and apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, squash, watermelons and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 1,562 honey bee colonies.

216 farms in Douglas County already sell straight to the public, about $7.7 million 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 Douglas County

Douglas County farms and homesteads keep 40,215 head of cattle, 20,169 sheep and 8,019 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 3,396 people run or help run farms in Douglas County, with an average age of 60. 47% of them are women. 209 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 26 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Douglas County stands out: it ranks #2 of 35 OR counties for goats and #6 of 34 OR counties for selling food straight to the public.