WEBER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Ogden to and Roy, Weber County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Weber County by the Numbers

Weber County has 1,166 farms on 78,688 acres (about 67 acres each). Together they sold $59.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), nursery & greenhouse plants and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, cantaloupes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 1,617 honey bee colonies.

106 farms in Weber County already sell straight to the public, about $751,000 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 Weber County

Weber County farms and homesteads keep 16,609 head of cattle, 3,774 egg-laying hens and 2,731 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,195 people run or help run farms in Weber County, with an average age of 57. 36% of them are women. 180 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Weber County stands out: it ranks #2 of 25 UT counties for egg-laying hens and #4 of 29 UT counties for number of farms.