JACKSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Bridgeport to Flat Rock, Jackson County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Alabama favorites like sweet potatoes and peaches show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Jackson County by the Numbers

Jackson County has 1,233 farms on 252,976 acres (about 205 acres each). Together they sold $211.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, pears and plums, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, tomatoes and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 149 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Jackson County already sell straight to the public, about $86,000 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 Jackson County

Jackson County farms and homesteads keep 140,896 egg-laying hens, 34,444 head of cattle and 1,391 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,033 people run or help run farms in Jackson County, with an average age of 58. 33% of them are women. 160 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Jackson County stands out: it ranks #4 of 67 AL counties for number of farms and #6 of 67 AL counties for goats.