CLARK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Clark County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Winchester and the rest of Clark County. 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 Clark County by the Numbers

Clark County has 804 farms on 135,849 acres (about 169 acres each). Together they sold $45.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, horses and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet corn and squash. Beekeepers tend about 354 honey bee colonies.

65 farms in Clark County already sell straight to the public, about $76,000 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 Clark County

Clark County farms and homesteads keep 37,837 head of cattle, 2,341 egg-laying hens and 1,308 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,349 people run or help run farms in Clark County, with an average age of 57. 36% of them are women. 147 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Clark County stands out: it ranks #18 of 111 KY counties for honey bee colonies.