SAN MIGUEL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in San Miguel County? Backyard growers and small farms around Egnar, Norwood and and Telluride list it here. Colorado favorites like green chiles and honey show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in San Miguel County by the Numbers

San Miguel County has 120 farms on 164,931 acres (about 1,374 acres each). Together they sold $5.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, sheep & goats and hay & other field crops.

Local fields produce carrots and beets. Beekeepers tend about 5 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in San Miguel County already sell straight to the public, about $227,000 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 San Miguel County

San Miguel County farms and homesteads keep 7,190 head of cattle, 2,294 sheep and 261 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 213 people run or help run farms in San Miguel County, with an average age of 61. 39% of them are women. 18 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.