BREWSTER COUNTY MARKET

Brewster County, Texas Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Brewster County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Alpine, Big Bend Nationa and and Terlingua. Texas favorites like onions and citrus show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Brewster County by the Numbers

Brewster County has 205 farms on 2,259,266 acres (about 11,021 acres each). Together they sold $23.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, vegetables and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and apples, and local fields produce watermelons, onions, pumpkins and cantaloupes.

12 farms in Brewster County already sell straight to the public, about $5,000 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 Brewster County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Brewster County counts 23,891 head of cattle, 943 horses and ponies and 905 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 365 people run or help run farms in Brewster County, with an average age of 61. 38% of them are women. 14 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 33 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.