CULLMAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Cullman, Baileyton and Hanceville buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Cullman County by the Numbers

Cullman County has 1,574 farms on 182,249 acres (about 116 acres each). Together they sold $564 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and apples, and local fields produce sweet potatoes, watermelons, pumpkins and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 299 honey bee colonies.

72 farms in Cullman County already sell straight to the public, about $1.5 million 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 Cullman County

Cullman County farms and homesteads keep 1,566,017 egg-laying hens, 45,273 head of cattle and 2,130 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,666 people run or help run farms in Cullman County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 235 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 18 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Cullman County stands out: it ranks #1 of 57 AL counties for egg-laying hens and #2 of 67 AL counties for number of farms.