GILPIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Gilpin County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Black Hawk, Central City and and Rollinsville. 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 Gilpin County by the Numbers

Gilpin County has 38 farms on 3,428 acres (about 90 acres each). Together they sold $81,000 of farm products in 2022, led by cattle and horses.

Beekeepers tend about 6 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Gilpin County already sell straight to the public, about $1,000 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 Gilpin County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 116 horses and ponies, 76 egg-laying hens and 59 head of cattle in Gilpin County. Hay, tack and horse boarding are common listings in horse country.

About 90 people run or help run farms in Gilpin County, with an average age of 55. 43% of them are women. 14 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.