LAWRENCE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Lawrence County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Adams, Blaine and Ulysses. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Lawrence County by the Numbers

Lawrence County has 255 farms on 54,526 acres (about 214 acres each). Together they sold $1.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow sweet cherries, pears and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 78 honey bee colonies.

23 farms in Lawrence County already sell straight to the public, about $15,000 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 Lawrence County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Lawrence County counts 3,036 head of cattle, 856 egg-laying hens and 359 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 449 people run or help run farms in Lawrence County, with an average age of 58. 39% of them are women. 26 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.