EL PASO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Colorado Springs to Green Mountain F, El Paso County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in El Paso County by the Numbers

El Paso County has 1,207 farms on 490,740 acres (about 407 acres each). Together they sold $24.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, nursery & greenhouse plants and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, potatoes, green beans and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 911 honey bee colonies.

119 farms in El Paso County already sell straight to the public, about $347,000 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 El Paso County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, El Paso County counts 16,451 head of cattle, 9,344 egg-laying hens and 3,244 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,228 people run or help run farms in El Paso County, with an average age of 56. 45% of them are women. 253 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 26 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where El Paso County stands out: it ranks #3 of 54 CO counties for egg-laying hens and #4 of 48 CO counties for honey bee colonies.