CHRISTIAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Christian County? Backyard growers and small farms around Cerulean, Crofton and Hopkinsville list it here. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Kentucky. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Christian County by the Numbers

Christian County has 1,095 farms on 345,270 acres (about 315 acres each). Together they sold $263.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and tobacco.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches and grapes, and local fields produce watermelons, pumpkins, cantaloupes and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 449 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Christian County already sell straight to the public, about $441,000 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 Christian County

Christian County farms and homesteads keep 124,469 egg-laying hens, 21,466 head of cattle and 1,586 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,827 people run or help run farms in Christian County, with an average age of 56. 33% of them are women. 224 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 24 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Christian County stands out: it ranks #5 of 120 KY counties for total farm sales and #7 of 110 KY counties for egg-laying hens.