WARREN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Warren County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bowling Green, Alvaton and Smiths Grove list it here. Kentucky favorites like apples and sorghum syrup show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Warren County by the Numbers

Warren County has 1,530 farms on 234,924 acres (about 154 acres each). Together they sold $160.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, grapes and plums, and local fields produce potatoes, watermelons, sweet corn and cabbage. Beekeepers tend about 434 honey bee colonies.

75 farms in Warren County already sell straight to the public, about $1.7 million 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 Warren County

Warren County farms and homesteads keep 220,777 egg-laying hens, 41,066 head of cattle and 24,324 hogs. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,548 people run or help run farms in Warren County, with an average age of 58. 38% of them are women. 252 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 26 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Warren County stands out: it ranks #1 of 117 KY counties for goats and #1 of 113 KY counties for selling food straight to the public.