RIO BLANCO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Rio Blanco County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Meeker, and Rangely. Colorado favorites like green chiles and honey show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Rio Blanco County by the Numbers

Rio Blanco County has 321 farms on 466,136 acres (about 1,452 acres each). Together they sold $23.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and sheep & goats.

Beekeepers tend about 44 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Rio Blanco County already sell straight to the public, about $8,000 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 Rio Blanco County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Rio Blanco County counts 21,157 head of cattle, 12,324 sheep and 1,317 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 617 people run or help run farms in Rio Blanco County, with an average age of 60. 41% of them are women. 48 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 26 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.