WALKER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Carbon Hill, Cordova and Oakman buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Alabama favorites like peaches and pecans show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Walker County by the Numbers

Walker County has 437 farms on 65,359 acres (about 150 acres each). Together they sold $66 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes, okra, chile peppers and squash. Beekeepers tend about 267 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Walker County already sell straight to the public, about $27,000 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 Walker County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Walker County counts 12,037 egg-laying hens, 6,414 head of cattle and 747 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 754 people run or help run farms in Walker County, with an average age of 56. 39% of them are women. 114 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.