JOSEPHINE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Josephine County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Grants Pass, Cave Junction and Selma. 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 Josephine County by the Numbers

Josephine County has 605 farms on 30,563 acres (about 51 acres each). Together they sold $38.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, dairy (milk) and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and walnuts, and local fields produce fresh herbs, broccoli, spinach and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 449 honey bee colonies.

87 farms in Josephine County already sell straight to the public, about $1.3 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 Josephine County

Josephine County farms and homesteads keep 6,161 head of cattle, 3,812 egg-laying hens and 1,025 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,197 people run or help run farms in Josephine County, with an average age of 59. 47% of them are women. 66 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.