HALE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Cypress, Greensboro and and Stewart buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Hale County by the Numbers

Hale County has 382 farms on 149,599 acres (about 392 acres each). Together they sold $67.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by aquaculture, cattle and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, and local fields produce watermelons, sweet corn, green peas and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 87 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Hale County already sell straight to the public, about $9,000 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 Hale County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Hale County counts 25,067 head of cattle, 524 egg-laying hens and 201 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 594 people run or help run farms in Hale County, with an average age of 61. 29% of them are women. 29 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.