COLBERT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Colbert County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Cherokee, Leighton and and Tuscumbia. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Colbert County by the Numbers

Colbert County has 500 farms on 143,106 acres (about 286 acres each). Together they sold $55.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and soybeans.

Local fields produce okra, chile peppers, tomatoes and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 22 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Colbert County already sell straight to the public, about $34,000 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 Colbert County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 11,813 head of cattle, 799 sheep and 631 horses and ponies in Colbert County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 881 people run or help run farms in Colbert County, with an average age of 60. 37% of them are women. 54 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.