ELMORE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Elmore County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Coosada, Deatsville and Tallassee. 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 Elmore County by the Numbers

Elmore County has 478 farms on 80,066 acres (about 168 acres each). Together they sold $29.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, nursery & greenhouse plants and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce squash, okra and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 305 honey bee colonies.

33 farms in Elmore County already sell straight to the public, about $158,000 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 Elmore County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Elmore County counts 8,666 head of cattle, 1,661 egg-laying hens and 1,002 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 831 people run or help run farms in Elmore County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 84 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.

Where Elmore County stands out: it ranks #12 of 67 AL counties for goats.