JOHNSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Johnson County? Backyard growers and small farms around Barnetts Creek, Boons Camp and Keaton 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 Johnson County by the Numbers

Johnson County has 199 farms on 24,320 acres (about 122 acres each). Together they sold $1.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, fruit & nuts and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 70 honey bee colonies.

13 farms in Johnson County already sell straight to the public, about $13,000 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 Johnson County

Johnson County farms and homesteads keep 1,240 head of cattle, 1,016 egg-laying hens and 370 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 350 people run or help run farms in Johnson County, with an average age of 53. 41% of them are women. 45 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.