PARK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Park County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Colorado for Alma, Bailey and Guffey. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Park County by the Numbers

Park County has 284 farms on 225,695 acres (about 795 acres each). Together they sold $8.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Beekeepers tend about 24 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Park County already sell straight to the public, about $511,000 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 Park County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Park County counts 7,029 head of cattle, 901 egg-laying hens and 881 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 545 people run or help run farms in Park County, with an average age of 59. 43% of them are women. 49 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.