CUMBERLAND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Cumberland County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bakerton, Burkesville and and Marrowbone list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Cumberland County by the Numbers

Cumberland County has 409 farms on 92,797 acres (about 227 acres each). Together they sold $10.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and peaches, and local fields produce tomatoes, pumpkins, collard greens and turnips.

8 farms in Cumberland County already sell straight to the public, about $36,000 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 Cumberland County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 8,628 head of cattle, 1,494 egg-laying hens and 485 goats in Cumberland County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 734 people run or help run farms in Cumberland County, with an average age of 54. 37% of them are women. 117 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.