RANDOLPH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Graham, Newell and and Woodland buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local peanuts when it comes into season in Alabama. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Randolph County by the Numbers

Randolph County has 611 farms on 122,248 acres (about 200 acres each). Together they sold $207.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and apples, and local fields produce tomatoes, potatoes, squash and okra. Beekeepers tend about 196 honey bee colonies.

21 farms in Randolph County already sell straight to the public, about $99,000 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 Randolph County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Randolph County counts 222,443 egg-laying hens, 28,776 head of cattle and 510 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,014 people run or help run farms in Randolph County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 75 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Randolph County stands out: it ranks #7 of 57 AL counties for egg-laying hens.