BLOUNT COUNTY MARKET

Blount County, Alabama Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Blount County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Blountsville, Cleveland and Remlap. Watch for local peanuts when it comes into season in Alabama. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Blount County by the Numbers

Blount County has 980 farms on 138,653 acres (about 141 acres each). Together they sold $326.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and pears, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet corn, watermelons and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 479 honey bee colonies.

51 farms in Blount County already sell straight to the public, about $728,000 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 Blount County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Blount County counts 370,801 egg-laying hens, 31,981 head of cattle and 961 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,642 people run or help run farms in Blount County, with an average age of 58. 38% of them are women. 120 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Blount County stands out: it ranks #4 of 57 AL counties for egg-laying hens and #5 of 65 AL counties for selling food straight to the public.