CROWLEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Crowley, Olney Springs and and Sugar City buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Crowley County by the Numbers

Crowley County has 185 farms on 290,733 acres (about 1,572 acres each).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and peaches. Beekeepers tend about 26 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Crowley County already sell straight to the public. 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 Crowley County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Crowley County counts 79,842 head of cattle, 666 sheep and 562 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 337 people run or help run farms in Crowley County, with an average age of 61. 38% of them are women. 35 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.