SKAMANIA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Skamania County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Carson, North Bonneville and and Underwood. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Washington. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Skamania County by the Numbers

Skamania County has 137 farms on 6,416 acres (about 47 acres each). Together they sold $8 million of farm products in 2022, led by aquaculture, fruit & nuts and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, grapes and apples, and local fields produce eggplant, chile peppers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 9 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Skamania County already sell straight to the public, about $324,000 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 Skamania County

Skamania County farms and homesteads keep 553 head of cattle, 473 egg-laying hens and 244 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 260 people run or help run farms in Skamania County, with an average age of 59. 38% of them are women. 12 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.