BELL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Bell County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Arjay, Beverly and Hulen. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Bell County by the Numbers

Bell County has 77 farms on 20,545 acres (about 267 acres each). Together they sold $1.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and fruit & nuts.

Local fields produce sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 104 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Bell County already sell straight to the public, about $38,000 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 Bell County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 701 head of cattle, 200 egg-laying hens and 156 goats in Bell County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 144 people run or help run farms in Bell County, with an average age of 56. 31% of them are women. 19 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.