CHEROKEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Cherokee County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Cedar Bluff, Centre and and Leesburg. 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 Cherokee County by the Numbers

Cherokee County has 567 farms on 163,443 acres (about 288 acres each). Together they sold $243.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cotton and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and pecans, and local fields produce sweet corn, green beans, tomatoes and cabbage. Beekeepers tend about 128 honey bee colonies.

34 farms in Cherokee County already sell straight to the public, about $105,000 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 Cherokee County

Cherokee County farms and homesteads keep 12,140 head of cattle, 620 sheep and 550 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 938 people run or help run farms in Cherokee County, with an average age of 58. 31% of them are women. 61 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Cherokee County stands out: it ranks #13 of 67 AL counties for total farm sales.