EL PASO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 El Paso County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in El Paso, Fort Bliss and Fabens. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in El Paso County by the Numbers

El Paso County has 581 farms on 269,479 acres (about 464 acres each). Together they sold $41.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, fruit & nuts and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, pomegranates and apples, and local fields produce onions. Beekeepers tend about 8,006 honey bee colonies.

47 farms in El Paso County already sell straight to the public, about $150,000 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 El Paso County

El Paso County farms and homesteads keep 5,163 head of cattle, 3,139 egg-laying hens and 1,210 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 964 people run or help run farms in El Paso County, with an average age of 62. 38% of them are women. 50 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where El Paso County stands out: it ranks #5 of 192 TX counties for honey bee colonies.