CLARK COUNTY MARKET

Clark County, Washington Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Clark County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Vancouver, Amboy and Cascade Park. 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 Clark County by the Numbers

Clark County has 1,927 farms on 56,038 acres (about 29 acres each). Together they sold $59 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, fruit & nuts and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, walnuts and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, cucumbers and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 6,388 honey bee colonies.

324 farms in Clark County already sell straight to the public, about $3.5 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 Clark County

Clark County farms and homesteads keep 12,683 egg-laying hens, 8,920 head of cattle and 2,566 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 3,505 people run or help run farms in Clark County, with an average age of 59. 47% of them are women. 196 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 20 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Clark County stands out: it ranks #3 of 39 WA counties for number of farms and #4 of 37 WA counties for goats.