TOOELE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Tooele County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Dugway, Grantsville and Tooele. Utah favorites like tart cherries and peaches show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Tooele County by the Numbers

Tooele County has 558 farms on 311,828 acres (about 559 acres each). Together they sold $66.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, hay & other field crops and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 453 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Tooele County already sell straight to the public, about $177,000 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 Tooele County

Tooele County farms and homesteads keep 20,122 head of cattle, 10,843 sheep and 2,054 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,116 people run or help run farms in Tooele County, with an average age of 55. 42% of them are women. 87 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.