DALLAS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Dallas County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Selma, Boys Ranch and Safford. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Dallas County by the Numbers

Dallas County has 398 farms on 223,331 acres (about 561 acres each). Together they sold $78.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by aquaculture, cattle and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches and plums, and local fields produce watermelons, tomatoes, collard greens and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 629 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Dallas County already sell straight to the public, about $57,000 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 Dallas County

Dallas County farms and homesteads keep 31,558 head of cattle, 855 egg-laying hens and 401 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 695 people run or help run farms in Dallas County, with an average age of 60. 32% of them are women. 23 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 22 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Dallas County stands out: it ranks #6 of 63 AL counties for honey bee colonies.