SPOKANE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Spokane County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Spokane, Airway Heights and Deer Park. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Spokane County by the Numbers

Spokane County has 2,386 farms on 571,997 acres (about 240 acres each). Together they sold $205 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, sweet cherries and peaches, and local fields produce lettuce, tomatoes, carrots and green onions. Beekeepers tend about 4,555 honey bee colonies.

250 farms in Spokane County already sell straight to the public, about $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 Spokane County

Spokane County farms and homesteads keep 20,021 head of cattle, 10,968 egg-laying hens and 3,702 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 4,486 people run or help run farms in Spokane County, with an average age of 59. 43% of them are women. 280 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 26 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Spokane County stands out: it ranks #2 of 39 WA counties for number of farms and #2 of 37 WA counties for goats.