SKAGIT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Skagit County? Backyard growers and small farms around Anacortes, Bow and Conway list it here. Washington favorites like pears and berries show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Skagit County by the Numbers

Skagit County has 882 farms on 99,718 acres (about 113 acres each). Together they sold $366.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, nursery & greenhouse plants and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and grapes, and local fields produce potatoes, spinach, pumpkins and beets. Beekeepers tend about 6,851 honey bee colonies.

141 farms in Skagit County already sell straight to the public, about $6.4 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 Skagit County

Skagit County farms and homesteads keep 24,595 head of cattle, 7,302 egg-laying hens and 1,037 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,669 people run or help run farms in Skagit County, with an average age of 59. 43% of them are women. 134 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 25 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Skagit County stands out: it ranks #3 of 37 WA counties for selling food straight to the public and #3 of 32 WA counties for honey bee colonies.