LEWIS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Firebrick to Tollesboro, Lewis County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Kentucky favorites like sweet corn and apples show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Lewis County by the Numbers

Lewis County has 489 farms on 123,357 acres (about 252 acres each). Together they sold $16.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, cattle and corn.

Local fields produce sweet corn, cucumbers, bell peppers and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 14 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Lewis County already sell straight to the public, about $19,000 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 Lewis County

Lewis County farms and homesteads keep 9,373 head of cattle, 1,686 egg-laying hens and 455 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 840 people run or help run farms in Lewis County, with an average age of 57. 33% of them are women. 74 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.