KENTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Kenton County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Covington, Dixie and Ludlow. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Kenton County by the Numbers

Kenton County has 453 farms on 28,810 acres (about 64 acres each). Together they sold $4.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, vegetables and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts, walnuts and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, pumpkins and okra. Beekeepers tend about 354 honey bee colonies.

27 farms in Kenton County already sell straight to the public, about $179,000 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 Kenton County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Kenton County counts 4,325 head of cattle, 1,488 egg-laying hens and 813 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 757 people run or help run farms in Kenton County, with an average age of 58. 38% of them are women. 83 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Kenton County stands out: it ranks #17 of 111 KY counties for honey bee colonies.