ALAMOSA COUNTY MARKET

Alamosa County, Colorado Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 This is the Alamosa County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Colorado for Alamosa, Hooper and and Mosca. Colorado favorites like honey and peaches show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Alamosa County by the Numbers

Alamosa County has 262 farms on 141,342 acres (about 539 acres each). Together they sold $112.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, hay & other field crops and cattle.

Local fields produce potatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 464 honey bee colonies.

21 farms in Alamosa County already sell straight to the public, about $87,000 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 Alamosa County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 10,252 head of cattle, 5,012 sheep and 1,025 goats in Alamosa County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 523 people run or help run farms in Alamosa County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 39 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Alamosa County stands out: it ranks #9 of 48 CO counties for honey bee colonies.