OKANOGAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Okanogan County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Brewster, Carlton and Loomis. Watch for local berries when it comes into season in Washington. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Okanogan County by the Numbers

Okanogan County has 1,011 farms on 940,124 acres (about 930 acres each). Together they sold $363.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, sweet cherries and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, garlic, fresh herbs and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 564 honey bee colonies.

71 farms in Okanogan County already sell straight to the public, about $1.2 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 Okanogan County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 40,957 head of cattle, 3,497 egg-laying hens and 1,965 horses and ponies in Okanogan County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,022 people run or help run farms in Okanogan County, with an average age of 60. 41% of them are women. 143 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.