GRAND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Grand County? Backyard growers and small farms around Moab, and Thompson list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Grand County by the Numbers

Grand County has 78 farms on 230,381 acres (about 2,954 acres each). Together they sold $5.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and plums, and local fields produce potatoes, onions and garlic. Beekeepers tend about 11 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Grand County already sell straight to the public, about $389,000 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 Grand County

Grand County farms and homesteads keep 4,491 head of cattle, 197 horses and ponies and 157 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 163 people run or help run farms in Grand County, with an average age of 55. 39% of them are women. 21 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.