FRANKLIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Connell, Eltopia and and Pasco buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Franklin County by the Numbers

Franklin County has 751 farms on 586,594 acres (about 781 acres each). Together they sold $1 billion of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, fruit & nuts and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, sweet cherries and grapes, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, onions and green peas. Beekeepers tend about 6,717 honey bee colonies.

50 farms in Franklin County already sell straight to the public, about $929,000 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 Franklin County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 94,294 head of cattle, 534 horses and ponies and 311 goats in Franklin County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,536 people run or help run farms in Franklin County, with an average age of 55. 35% of them are women. 162 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Franklin County stands out: it ranks #4 of 39 WA counties for total farm sales and #4 of 32 WA counties for honey bee colonies.