LANE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Lane County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Eugene, Springfield and Cottage Grove. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Lane County by the Numbers

Lane County has 2,375 farms on 180,201 acres (about 76 acres each). Together they sold $137.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, hay & other field crops and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow hazelnuts, grapes and apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, green beans, squash and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 3,114 honey bee colonies.

397 farms in Lane County already sell straight to the public, about $12 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 Lane County

Lane County farms and homesteads keep 22,749 head of cattle, 17,767 egg-laying hens and 16,022 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 4,563 people run or help run farms in Lane County, with an average age of 59. 47% of them are women. 313 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 42 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lane County stands out: it ranks #2 of 33 OR counties for egg-laying hens and #3 of 35 OR counties for goats.