CARTER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Carter County? Backyard growers and small farms around Denton, Fultz and and Lawton list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Carter County by the Numbers

Carter County has 681 farms on 82,568 acres (about 121 acres each). Together they sold $7.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts, and local fields produce sweet corn, green beans, watermelons and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 173 honey bee colonies.

33 farms in Carter County already sell straight to the public, about $33,000 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 Carter County

Carter County farms and homesteads keep 7,101 head of cattle, 2,949 egg-laying hens and 962 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,121 people run or help run farms in Carter County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 88 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Carter County stands out: it ranks #8 of 117 KY counties for goats.