SANDOVAL COUNTY MARKET

Sandoval County, New Mexico Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in Sandoval County? Backyard growers and small farms around Cochiti Pueblo, Algodones and Counselor list it here. 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 Sandoval County by the Numbers

Sandoval County has 709 farms on 881,954 acres (about 1,244 acres each). Together they sold $9.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, nursery & greenhouse plants and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and plums, and local fields produce chile peppers, watermelons, honeydew melons and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 183 honey bee colonies.

47 farms in Sandoval County already sell straight to the public, about $265,000 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 Sandoval County

Sandoval County farms and homesteads keep 12,978 head of cattle, 2,596 egg-laying hens and 1,357 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,188 people run or help run farms in Sandoval County, with an average age of 61. 37% of them are women. 82 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Sandoval County stands out: it ranks #3 of 26 NM counties for honey bee colonies.