ARCHULETA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Arboles, Chimney Rock and and Pagosa Springs buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Archuleta County by the Numbers

Archuleta County has 396 farms on 174,130 acres (about 440 acres each). Together they sold $11.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce garlic, fresh herbs, tomatoes and green onions. Beekeepers tend about 123 honey bee colonies.

36 farms in Archuleta County already sell straight to the public, about $620,000 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 Archuleta County

Archuleta County farms and homesteads keep 7,232 head of cattle, 1,545 horses and ponies and 1,178 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 742 people run or help run farms in Archuleta County, with an average age of 60. 43% of them are women. 35 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 28 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.