WASHINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Washington County? Backyard growers and small farms around Calvert, Chatom and Leroy list it here. Alabama favorites like peaches and pecans show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Washington County by the Numbers

Washington County has 371 farms on 69,161 acres (about 186 acres each). Together they sold $18.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and pomegranates, and local fields produce watermelons, tomatoes, sweet corn and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 83 honey bee colonies.

4 farms in Washington County already sell straight to the public, about $8,000 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 Washington County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 97,816 egg-laying hens, 8,126 head of cattle and 829 goats in Washington County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 611 people run or help run farms in Washington County, with an average age of 57. 35% of them are women. 75 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.