MONROE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Monroe County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Beatrice, Franklin and Peterman. Watch for local peanuts 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 Monroe County by the Numbers

Monroe County has 436 farms on 161,019 acres (about 369 acres each). Together they sold $33.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, hay & other field crops and corn.

Local fields produce potatoes and green peas. Beekeepers tend about 64 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Monroe County already sell straight to the public, about $22,000 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 Monroe County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Monroe County counts 14,203 head of cattle, 722 egg-laying hens and 590 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 682 people run or help run farms in Monroe County, with an average age of 61. 29% of them are women. 25 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.