GARFIELD COUNTY MARKET

Garfield County, Utah Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in Garfield County? Backyard growers and small farms around Antimony, Boulder and Escalante list it here. 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 Garfield County by the Numbers

Garfield County has 297 farms on 85,397 acres (about 288 acres each). Together they sold $26 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, horses and fruit & nuts.

Local fields produce carrots, tomatoes, onions and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 79 honey bee colonies.

3 farms in Garfield County already sell straight to the public, about $20,000 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 Garfield County

Garfield County farms and homesteads keep 11,087 head of cattle, 1,079 horses and ponies and 600 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 594 people run or help run farms in Garfield County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 65 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.