PITKIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Pitkin County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Aspen, Meredith and and Woody Creek. Colorado favorites like green chiles and honey show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Pitkin County by the Numbers

Pitkin County has 116 farms on 36,630 acres (about 316 acres each). Together they sold $4.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, horses and poultry & eggs.

Local fields produce potatoes, turnips, carrots and garlic. Beekeepers tend about 28 honey bee colonies.

13 farms in Pitkin County already sell straight to the public, about $259,000 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 Pitkin County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Pitkin County counts 4,123 head of cattle, 1,379 egg-laying hens and 698 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 232 people run or help run farms in Pitkin County, with an average age of 60. 34% of them are women. 30 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.