MESA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Mesa County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Grand Junction, Clifton and Fruitvale. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Mesa County by the Numbers

Mesa County has 2,353 farms on 268,323 acres (about 114 acres each). Together they sold $90.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, grapes and apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, chile peppers and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 462 honey bee colonies.

244 farms in Mesa County already sell straight to the public, about $4.6 million 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 Mesa County

Mesa County farms and homesteads keep 27,155 head of cattle, 17,251 sheep and 3,646 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 4,357 people run or help run farms in Mesa County, with an average age of 57. 44% of them are women. 323 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 39 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Mesa County stands out: it ranks #1 of 50 CO counties for selling food straight to the public and #2 of 63 CO counties for number of farms.