FRANKLIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Franklin County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Alabama for Hodges, Phil Campbell and and Vina. 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 Franklin County by the Numbers

Franklin County has 747 farms on 128,853 acres (about 172 acres each). Together they sold $254.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce sweet potatoes, sweet corn, potatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 160 honey bee colonies.

18 farms in Franklin County already sell straight to the public, about $25,000 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 Franklin County

Franklin County farms and homesteads keep 143,135 egg-laying hens, 23,291 head of cattle and 1,264 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,301 people run or help run farms in Franklin County, with an average age of 57. 35% of them are women. 135 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Franklin County stands out: it ranks #9 of 67 AL counties for goats and #12 of 67 AL counties for total farm sales.