FAYETTE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Lexington, Fayette County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Fayette County by the Numbers

Fayette County has 682 farms on 124,247 acres (about 182 acres each). Together they sold $333.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by horses, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and almonds, and local fields produce pumpkins, watermelons, tomatoes and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 647 honey bee colonies.

40 farms in Fayette County already sell straight to the public, about $467,000 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 Fayette County

Fayette County farms and homesteads keep 15,646 horses and ponies, 12,340 head of cattle and 2,042 egg-laying hens. Hay, tack and horse boarding are common listings in horse country.

About 1,232 people run or help run farms in Fayette County, with an average age of 57. 41% of them are women. 111 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 20 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Fayette County stands out: it ranks #2 of 111 KY counties for honey bee colonies and #3 of 120 KY counties for total farm sales.