MONROE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Monroe County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Fountain Run, Gamaliel and and T Ville. 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 Monroe County by the Numbers

Monroe County has 674 farms on 148,753 acres (about 221 acres each). Together they sold $108.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 10 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Monroe County already sell straight to the public, about $216,000 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 Monroe County

Monroe County farms and homesteads keep 50,615 head of cattle, 864 egg-laying hens and 634 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,137 people run or help run farms in Monroe County, with an average age of 56. 35% of them are women. 152 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Monroe County stands out: it ranks #23 of 120 KY counties for total farm sales.