GRAND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Grand County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Fraser, Granby and Parshall. Colorado favorites like sweet corn and green chiles show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Grand County by the Numbers

Grand County has 267 farms on 249,554 acres (about 935 acres each). Together they sold $10.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, horses and sheep & goats.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and grapes. Beekeepers tend about 66 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Grand County already sell straight to the public, about $7,000 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 Grand County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Grand County counts 11,389 head of cattle, 3,287 horses and ponies and 808 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 526 people run or help run farms in Grand County, with an average age of 57. 41% of them are women. 48 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 24 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.