MADISON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Madison County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Alabama for Huntsville, Big Cove and Hazel Green. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Madison County by the Numbers

Madison County has 928 farms on 185,472 acres (about 200 acres each). Together they sold $111.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cotton and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, okra and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 817 honey bee colonies.

84 farms in Madison County already sell straight to the public, about $202,000 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 Madison County

Madison County farms and homesteads keep 13,134 head of cattle, 3,479 egg-laying hens and 1,372 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,615 people run or help run farms in Madison County, with an average age of 60. 36% of them are women. 122 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 Madison County stands out: it ranks #2 of 63 AL counties for honey bee colonies and #8 of 67 AL counties for goats.