SAN JUAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the San Juan County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Washington for Blakely Island, Deer Harbor and Olga. Watch for local berries when it comes into season in Washington. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in San Juan County by the Numbers

San Juan County has 264 farms on 19,571 acres (about 74 acres each). Together they sold $10.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by aquaculture, vegetables and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and plums, and local fields produce garlic, onions, lettuce and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 204 honey bee colonies.

84 farms in San Juan County already sell straight to the public, about $1.3 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 San Juan County

San Juan County farms and homesteads keep 2,841 head of cattle, 2,118 egg-laying hens and 1,810 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 492 people run or help run farms in San Juan County, with an average age of 61. 47% of them are women. 32 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 23 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.