HART COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Hart County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bonnieville, Canmer and and Munfordville list it here. Kentucky favorites like tomatoes and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Hart County by the Numbers

Hart County has 1,283 farms on 169,858 acres (about 132 acres each). Together they sold $51.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, bell peppers and squash. Beekeepers tend about 209 honey bee colonies.

39 farms in Hart County already sell straight to the public, about $80,000 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 Hart County

Hart County farms and homesteads keep 28,383 head of cattle, 10,740 egg-laying hens and 3,411 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,201 people run or help run farms in Hart County, with an average age of 56. 36% of them are women. 218 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Hart County stands out: it ranks #5 of 120 KY counties for number of farms and #11 of 117 KY counties for goats.