GARFIELD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Garfield County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Battlement Mesa, Glenwood Springs and and Silt. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Garfield County by the Numbers

Garfield County has 601 farms on 402,741 acres (about 670 acres each). Together they sold $25.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, potatoes, bell peppers and carrots. Beekeepers tend about 496 honey bee colonies.

36 farms in Garfield County already sell straight to the public, about $372,000 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 Garfield County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Garfield County counts 19,353 head of cattle, 8,893 sheep and 2,874 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,212 people run or help run farms in Garfield County, with an average age of 60. 42% of them are women. 64 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 30 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Garfield County stands out: it ranks #8 of 48 CO counties for honey bee colonies.