BULLITT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Brooks to and Shepherdsville, Bullitt County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Bullitt County by the Numbers

Bullitt County has 420 farms on 29,789 acres (about 71 acres each). Together they sold $9.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and walnuts, and local fields produce tomatoes, pumpkins, potatoes and green onions. Beekeepers tend about 119 honey bee colonies.

29 farms in Bullitt County already sell straight to the public, about $68,000 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 Bullitt County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,436 head of cattle, 2,234 egg-laying hens and 539 horses and ponies in Bullitt County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 670 people run or help run farms in Bullitt County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 39 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.