NELSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Nelson County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bardstown, Bloomfield and Fairfield list it here. Kentucky favorites like tomatoes and sweet corn 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 Nelson County by the Numbers

Nelson County has 1,241 farms on 157,488 acres (about 127 acres each). Together they sold $79.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow walnuts, apples and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, potatoes, eggplant and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 256 honey bee colonies.

47 farms in Nelson County already sell straight to the public, about $105,000 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 Nelson County

Nelson County farms and homesteads keep 34,082 head of cattle, 4,273 egg-laying hens and 1,081 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,072 people run or help run farms in Nelson County, with an average age of 57. 35% of them are women. 219 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Nelson County stands out: it ranks #5 of 117 KY counties for goats and #9 of 120 KY counties for number of farms.