COWLITZ COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Cowlitz County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Ariel, Castle Rock and Longview. Washington favorites like berries and apples show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Cowlitz County by the Numbers

Cowlitz County has 361 farms on 28,902 acres (about 80 acres each). Together they sold $30.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, aquaculture and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and sweet cherries, and local fields produce spinach, sweet corn, green beans and squash. Beekeepers tend about 77 honey bee colonies.

63 farms in Cowlitz County already sell straight to the public, about $931,000 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 Cowlitz County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,405 head of cattle, 1,443 egg-laying hens and 378 goats in Cowlitz County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 663 people run or help run farms in Cowlitz County, with an average age of 62. 43% of them are women. 25 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.