GENEVA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Geneva County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bellwood, Black and Hartford list it here. 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 Geneva County by the Numbers

Geneva County has 681 farms on 160,853 acres (about 236 acres each). Together they sold $279.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cotton and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, tangerines and pears, and local fields produce watermelons, green peas, tomatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 32 honey bee colonies.

30 farms in Geneva County already sell straight to the public, about $386,000 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 Geneva County

Geneva County farms and homesteads keep 29,150 head of cattle, 558 horses and ponies and 439 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,159 people run or help run farms in Geneva County, with an average age of 60. 37% of them are women. 56 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 Geneva County stands out: it ranks #9 of 67 AL counties for total farm sales and #10 of 65 AL counties for selling food straight to the public.