KITTITAS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Kittitas County? Backyard growers and small farms around Cle Elum, Easton and Roslyn list it here. Washington favorites like apples and cherries show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Kittitas County by the Numbers

Kittitas County has 738 farms on 165,205 acres (about 224 acres each). Together they sold $75.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cattle and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and plums, and local fields produce green peas, pumpkins and squash. Beekeepers tend about 49 honey bee colonies.

47 farms in Kittitas County already sell straight to the public, about $1.5 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 Kittitas County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Kittitas County counts 15,848 head of cattle, 1,624 horses and ponies and 1,620 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,334 people run or help run farms in Kittitas County, with an average age of 60. 42% of them are women. 98 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Kittitas County stands out: it ranks #7 of 37 WA counties for goats.