CARBON COUNTY MARKET

Carbon County, Montana Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 This is the Carbon County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Montana for Bearcreek, Belfry and Fromberg. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Carbon County by the Numbers

Carbon County has 681 farms on 738,590 acres (about 1,085 acres each). Together they sold $76.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and grapes, and local fields produce garlic. Beekeepers tend about 89 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Carbon County already sell straight to the public, about $249,000 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 Carbon County

Carbon County farms and homesteads keep 52,213 head of cattle, 2,430 sheep and 1,749 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,264 people run or help run farms in Carbon County, with an average age of 58. 41% of them are women. 130 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.

Where Carbon County stands out: it ranks #10 of 56 MT counties for number of farms.