FAYETTE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Fayette County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bankston, Belk and and Glen Allen. Watch for local peanuts when it comes into season in Alabama. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Fayette County by the Numbers

Fayette County has 329 farms on 60,797 acres (about 185 acres each). Together they sold $35.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, pears and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, green beans, okra and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 102 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Fayette County already sell straight to the public, about $12,000 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 Fayette County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Fayette County counts 5,359 head of cattle, 1,081 egg-laying hens and 266 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 527 people run or help run farms in Fayette County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 23 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.