LIMESTONE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Limestone County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Ardmore, Athens and Mooresville. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Limestone County by the Numbers

Limestone County has 996 farms on 255,290 acres (about 256 acres each). Together they sold $172 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, soybeans and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, apples and pears, and local fields produce potatoes, watermelons, tomatoes and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 394 honey bee colonies.

42 farms in Limestone County already sell straight to the public, about $171,000 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 Limestone County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 48,195 egg-laying hens, 24,248 head of cattle and 1,386 goats in Limestone County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,615 people run or help run farms in Limestone County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 123 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Limestone County stands out: it ranks #7 of 67 AL counties for goats and #8 of 67 AL counties for number of farms.