JACKSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Jackson County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Clover Bottom, Elias and and Waneta. 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 Jackson County by the Numbers

Jackson County has 460 farms on 77,791 acres (about 169 acres each). Together they sold $7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, apples and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, watermelons, bell peppers and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 88 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Jackson County already sell straight to the public, about $74,000 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 Jackson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 9,685 head of cattle, 2,804 egg-laying hens and 567 sheep in Jackson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 779 people run or help run farms in Jackson County, with an average age of 55. 34% of them are women. 110 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.