SPENCER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Mount Eden, Spencer County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Spencer County by the Numbers

Spencer County has 578 farms on 58,547 acres (about 101 acres each). Together they sold $14.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and walnuts, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, potatoes and radishes. Beekeepers tend about 217 honey bee colonies.

35 farms in Spencer County already sell straight to the public, about $95,000 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 Spencer County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Spencer County counts 8,311 head of cattle, 1,936 egg-laying hens and 443 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 975 people run or help run farms in Spencer County, with an average age of 57. 33% of them are women. 90 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.