CARLISLE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Arlington, Bardwell and and Cunningham buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Kentucky. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Carlisle County by the Numbers

Carlisle County has 248 farms on 107,565 acres (about 434 acres each). Together they sold $129.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, soybeans and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 30 honey bee colonies.

2 farms in Carlisle County already sell straight to the public. 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 Carlisle County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,699 head of cattle, 158 goats and 138 horses and ponies in Carlisle County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 391 people run or help run farms in Carlisle County, with an average age of 60. 30% of them are women. 21 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Carlisle County stands out: it ranks #20 of 120 KY counties for total farm sales.