SAGUACHE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Saguache County? Backyard growers and small farms around Center, Crestone and and Villa Grove list it here. Colorado favorites like peaches and sweet corn 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 Saguache County by the Numbers

Saguache County has 281 farms on 302,749 acres (about 1,077 acres each). Together they sold $157.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, hay & other field crops and cattle.

Local fields produce green beans and garlic. Beekeepers tend about 9 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Saguache County already sell straight to the public. 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 Saguache County

Saguache County farms and homesteads keep 27,353 head of cattle, 534 horses and ponies and 476 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 520 people run or help run farms in Saguache County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 44 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Saguache County stands out: it ranks #10 of 60 CO counties for total farm sales.