DENVER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Denver County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Colorado for Denver, First Interstate and Mountain View. 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 Denver County by the Numbers

Denver County has 24 farms. Together they sold $999,000 of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and honey.

Local fields produce mustard greens and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 12 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Denver County already sell straight to the public, about $85,000 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 Denver County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 75 egg-laying hens and 46 horses and ponies in Denver County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 51 people run or help run farms in Denver County, with an average age of 53. 41% of them are women. 9 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.