MULTNOMAH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Multnomah County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Oregon for Portland, Gresham and and Troutdale. 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 Multnomah County by the Numbers

Multnomah County has 680 farms on 27,983 acres (about 41 acres each). Together they sold $95.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and sweet cherries, and local fields produce pumpkins, squash, cabbage and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 1,332 honey bee colonies.

204 farms in Multnomah County already sell straight to the public, about $4.1 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 Multnomah County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Multnomah County counts 4,408 egg-laying hens, 1,276 head of cattle and 552 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,282 people run or help run farms in Multnomah County, with an average age of 57. 44% of them are women. 75 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 35 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.