COLORADO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Alleyton, Altair and Garwood buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Colorado County by the Numbers

Colorado County has 1,702 farms on 452,829 acres (about 266 acres each). Together they sold $103.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by rice, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, persimmons and grapes, and local fields produce watermelons, potatoes, green beans and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 453 honey bee colonies.

28 farms in Colorado County already sell straight to the public, about $115,000 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 Colorado County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 82,919 egg-laying hens, 57,206 head of cattle and 1,940 horses and ponies in Colorado County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,946 people run or help run farms in Colorado County, with an average age of 62. 39% of them are women. 183 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 35 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Colorado County stands out: it ranks #14 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens and #39 of 254 TX counties for number of farms.