CALHOUN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Anniston, Alexandria and Ohatchee buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Alabama favorites like peanuts and sweet potatoes show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Calhoun County by the Numbers

Calhoun County has 601 farms on 70,157 acres (about 117 acres each). Together they sold $120.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and pears, and local fields produce tomatoes, okra, squash and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 578 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Calhoun County already sell straight to the public, about $75,000 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 Calhoun County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Calhoun County counts 13,844 head of cattle, 2,361 egg-laying hens and 862 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,012 people run or help run farms in Calhoun County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 61 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.

Where Calhoun County stands out: it ranks #8 of 63 AL counties for honey bee colonies.