WASHINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Washington County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Colorado for Akron, Anton and and Otis. Colorado favorites like honey and peaches show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Washington County by the Numbers

Washington County has 709 farms on 1,381,696 acres (about 1,949 acres each). Together they sold $241.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, wheat and sorghum.

Beekeepers tend about 5 honey bee colonies.

3 farms in Washington 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 Washington County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Washington County counts 70,884 head of cattle, 1,027 sheep and 615 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,269 people run or help run farms in Washington County, with an average age of 60. 40% of them are women. 102 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Washington County stands out: it ranks #8 of 60 CO counties for total farm sales.