TALLADEGA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Talladega County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Alpine, Coosa Pines and Sylacauga. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Talladega County by the Numbers

Talladega County has 522 farms on 98,806 acres (about 189 acres each). Together they sold $57 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cotton and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and peaches, and local fields produce watermelons, sweet corn, okra and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 720 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Talladega County already sell straight to the public, about $353,000 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 Talladega County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 15,468 head of cattle, 2,188 egg-laying hens and 736 horses and ponies in Talladega County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 960 people run or help run farms in Talladega County, with an average age of 60. 34% of them are women. 85 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.

Where Talladega County stands out: it ranks #4 of 63 AL counties for honey bee colonies and #11 of 65 AL counties for selling food straight to the public.