CLARKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Clarke County? Backyard growers and small farms around Alma, Campbell and Fulton list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Clarke County by the Numbers

Clarke County has 247 farms on 49,651 acres (about 201 acres each). Together they sold $3.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, apples and peaches, and local fields produce watermelons, sweet corn, pumpkins and green peas. Beekeepers tend about 44 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Clarke County already sell straight to the public, about $15,000 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 Clarke County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 6,501 head of cattle, 1,305 egg-laying hens and 325 goats in Clarke County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 436 people run or help run farms in Clarke County, with an average age of 58. 32% of them are women. 33 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.