MARION COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Marion County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bear Creek, Brilliant and and Winfield list it here. Alabama favorites like peaches and pecans show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Marion County by the Numbers

Marion County has 612 farms on 112,612 acres (about 184 acres each). Together they sold $196 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and corn.

Local fields produce cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet corn and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 113 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Marion County already sell straight to the public, about $54,000 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 Marion County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 13,007 head of cattle, 833 egg-laying hens and 552 horses and ponies in Marion County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,039 people run or help run farms in Marion County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 75 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.