CHILTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Chilton County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Clanton, Jemison and and Verbena. Alabama favorites like pecans and peanuts show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Chilton County by the Numbers

Chilton County has 524 farms on 96,440 acres (about 184 acres each). Together they sold $24.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, pecans and plums, and local fields produce watermelons, sweet corn, tomatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 447 honey bee colonies.

57 farms in Chilton County already sell straight to the public, about $685,000 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 Chilton County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 14,396 head of cattle, 2,808 egg-laying hens and 769 goats in Chilton County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 924 people run or help run farms in Chilton County, with an average age of 57. 35% of them are women. 110 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 Chilton County stands out: it ranks #6 of 65 AL counties for selling food straight to the public and #12 of 63 AL counties for honey bee colonies.