JESSAMINE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Jessamine County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in High Bridge, Keene and and Nicholasville. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Kentucky. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Jessamine County by the Numbers

Jessamine County has 619 farms on 71,771 acres (about 116 acres each). Together they sold $77.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by horses, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and peaches, and local fields produce tomatoes, green beans, bell peppers and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 318 honey bee colonies.

45 farms in Jessamine County already sell straight to the public, about $292,000 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 Jessamine County

Jessamine County farms and homesteads keep 13,587 head of cattle, 3,435 egg-laying hens and 3,246 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,109 people run or help run farms in Jessamine County, with an average age of 58. 32% of them are women. 90 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 Jessamine County stands out: it ranks #22 of 111 KY counties for honey bee colonies and #23 of 113 KY counties for selling food straight to the public.