ISLAND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Clinton, Coupeville and and Oak Harbor buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Washington favorites like apples and cherries show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Island County by the Numbers

Island County has 377 farms on 17,038 acres (about 45 acres each). Together they sold $23.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, vegetables and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and hazelnuts, and local fields produce tomatoes, lettuce, sweet corn and squash. Beekeepers tend about 165 honey bee colonies.

108 farms in Island 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 Island County

Island County farms and homesteads keep 10,715 head of cattle, 3,705 egg-laying hens and 893 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 706 people run or help run farms in Island County, with an average age of 58. 51% of them are women. 62 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 33 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.