LEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Lee County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Auburn, Cusseta and and Waverly. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Lee County by the Numbers

Lee County has 357 farms on 73,524 acres (about 206 acres each). Together they sold $50.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, pears and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, bell peppers, cantaloupes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 168 honey bee colonies.

36 farms in Lee County already sell straight to the public, about $469,000 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 Lee County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Lee County counts 7,832 head of cattle, 1,972 egg-laying hens and 557 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 605 people run or help run farms in Lee County, with an average age of 57. 38% of them are women. 68 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lee County stands out: it ranks #9 of 65 AL counties for selling food straight to the public.