BEDFORD COUNTY MARKET

Bedford County, Tennessee Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Bedford County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bell Buckle, Royal and and Wartrace. 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 Bedford County by the Numbers

Bedford County has 1,357 farms on 236,001 acres (about 174 acres each). Together they sold $149.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce green beans, tomatoes, squash and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 206 honey bee colonies.

47 farms in Bedford County already sell straight to the public, about $537,000 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 Bedford County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 51,325 head of cattle, 3,741 horses and ponies and 2,405 sheep in Bedford County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,227 people run or help run farms in Bedford County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 153 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 21 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Bedford County stands out: it ranks #5 of 92 TN counties for goats and #6 of 95 TN counties for number of farms.