PICKENS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Pickens County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Alabama for Aliceville, Carrollton and and Reform. Watch for local pecans 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 Pickens County by the Numbers

Pickens County has 397 farms on 116,943 acres (about 295 acres each). Together they sold $149.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, grapes and pears, and local fields produce watermelons, green peas, cucumbers and okra. Beekeepers tend about 11 honey bee colonies.

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

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Pickens County counts 104,287 egg-laying hens, 17,284 head of cattle and 287 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 648 people run or help run farms in Pickens County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 74 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.