COFFEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Coffee County? Backyard growers and small farms around Elba, Enterprise and and New Brockton list it here. Watch for local peanuts when it comes into season in Alabama. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Coffee County by the Numbers

Coffee County has 666 farms on 133,040 acres (about 200 acres each). Together they sold $393.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and pears, and local fields produce potatoes, watermelons, tomatoes and okra. Beekeepers tend about 100 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Coffee County already sell straight to the public, about $56,000 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 Coffee County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Coffee County counts 22,928 head of cattle, 491 horses and ponies and 480 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,083 people run or help run farms in Coffee County, with an average age of 62. 36% of them are women. 55 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Coffee County stands out: it ranks #4 of 67 AL counties for total farm sales.