FRANKLIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Franklin County? Backyard growers and small farms around Hatton and the rest of Franklin County list it here. Kentucky favorites like apples and sorghum syrup show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Franklin County by the Numbers

Franklin County has 532 farms on 63,623 acres (about 120 acres each). Together they sold $20.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes, squash, sweet corn and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 196 honey bee colonies.

28 farms in Franklin County already sell straight to the public, about $173,000 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 Franklin County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 11,513 head of cattle, 1,585 egg-laying hens and 894 horses and ponies in Franklin County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 954 people run or help run farms in Franklin County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 65 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Franklin County stands out: it ranks #14 of 117 KY counties for goats.