SUMMIT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Summit County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Breckenridge, Copper Mountain and and Silverthorne. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Colorado. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Summit County by the Numbers

Summit County has 59 farms on 17,258 acres (about 293 acres each). Together they sold $2.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

2 farms in Summit 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 Summit County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 582 head of cattle, 163 egg-laying hens and 82 horses and ponies in Summit County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 131 people run or help run farms in Summit County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 4 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.