WHITMAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Whitman County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Washington for Albion, Colfax and Garfield. 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 Whitman County by the Numbers

Whitman County has 933 farms on 1,218,301 acres (about 1,306 acres each). Together they sold $465.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and sweet cherries, and local fields produce fresh herbs, cucumbers and squash. Beekeepers tend about 83 honey bee colonies.

48 farms in Whitman County already sell straight to the public, about $519,000 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 Whitman County

Whitman County farms and homesteads keep 19,509 head of cattle, 4,481 sheep and 1,229 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,790 people run or help run farms in Whitman County, with an average age of 60. 36% of them are women. 129 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Whitman County stands out: it ranks #8 of 39 WA counties for total farm sales.