COSTILLA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Costilla County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Blanca, Chama and and San Pablo. Colorado favorites like peaches and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Costilla County by the Numbers

Costilla County has 159 farms on 364,724 acres (about 2,294 acres each). Together they sold $28.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, hay & other field crops and barley.

3 farms in Costilla County already sell straight to the public, about $2,000 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 Costilla County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Costilla County counts 3,939 head of cattle, 501 sheep and 133 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 328 people run or help run farms in Costilla County, with an average age of 58. 29% of them are women. 50 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.