HARDIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Hardin County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Kentucky for E Town, E View and Rineyville. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Hardin County by the Numbers

Hardin County has 1,255 farms on 188,728 acres (about 150 acres each). Together they sold $81 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, tomatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 413 honey bee colonies.

62 farms in Hardin County already sell straight to the public, about $271,000 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 Hardin County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 26,532 head of cattle, 24,176 hogs and 4,402 egg-laying hens in Hardin County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,163 people run or help run farms in Hardin County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 138 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Hardin County stands out: it ranks #7 of 120 KY counties for number of farms and #10 of 111 KY counties for honey bee colonies.