LOWNDES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Lowndes County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Benton, Burkville and and Letohatchee. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Lowndes County by the Numbers

Lowndes County has 421 farms on 201,912 acres (about 480 acres each). Together they sold $108.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Local fields produce tomatoes, green beans and squash. Beekeepers tend about 60 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Lowndes County already sell straight to the public, about $241,000 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 Lowndes County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 36,087 head of cattle, 490 horses and ponies and 323 egg-laying hens in Lowndes County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 647 people run or help run farms in Lowndes County, with an average age of 63. 27% of them are women. 24 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 35 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.