CHAMBERS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Chambers County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Five Points, Lafayette and and Valley. 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 Chambers County by the Numbers

Chambers County has 355 farms on 130,961 acres (about 369 acres each). Together they sold $36.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, apples and pears, and local fields produce tomatoes, bell peppers, okra and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 105 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Chambers County already sell straight to the public, about $81,000 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 Chambers County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 39,162 head of cattle, 1,459 egg-laying hens and 895 goats in Chambers County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 599 people run or help run farms in Chambers County, with an average age of 56. 37% of them are women. 70 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Chambers County stands out: it ranks #14 of 67 AL counties for goats.