MOBILE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Mobile, Axis and Citronelle buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Alabama. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Mobile County by the Numbers

Mobile County has 657 farms on 108,529 acres (about 165 acres each). Together they sold $127 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, hay & other field crops and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, tangerines and oranges, and local fields produce watermelons, sweet corn, cantaloupes and green peas. Beekeepers tend about 436 honey bee colonies.

38 farms in Mobile County already sell straight to the public, about $178,000 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 Mobile County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Mobile County counts 17,207 head of cattle, 4,183 egg-laying hens and 1,023 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,174 people run or help run farms in Mobile County, with an average age of 57. 39% of them are women. 87 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Mobile County stands out: it ranks #11 of 67 AL counties for goats and #13 of 63 AL counties for honey bee colonies.