RICH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Garden City, Laketown and and Woodruff buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local tart cherries when it comes into season in Utah. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Rich County by the Numbers

Rich County has 145 farms on 362,184 acres (about 2,498 acres each). Together they sold $34.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and sheep & goats.

7 farms in Rich County already sell straight to the public, about $18,000 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 Rich County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Rich County counts 38,508 head of cattle, 585 horses and ponies and 234 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 277 people run or help run farms in Rich County, with an average age of 57. 43% of them are women. 38 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.