ALLEN COUNTY MARKET

Allen County, Kentucky Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 From Adolphus to and Scottsville, Allen County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Kentucky favorites like sweet corn and apples 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 Allen County by the Numbers

Allen County has 906 farms on 136,286 acres (about 150 acres each). Together they sold $76.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and tobacco.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, peaches and apples, and local fields produce watermelons, squash, cantaloupes and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 332 honey bee colonies.

65 farms in Allen County already sell straight to the public, about $1.6 million 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 Allen County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 53,482 egg-laying hens, 41,027 head of cattle and 3,481 hogs in Allen County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,644 people run or help run farms in Allen County, with an average age of 55. 35% of them are women. 215 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Allen County stands out: it ranks #2 of 113 KY counties for selling food straight to the public and #13 of 110 KY counties for egg-laying hens.