BRADLEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Bradley County? Backyard growers and small farms around Cleveland, Charleston and and Mc Donald list it here. 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 Bradley County by the Numbers

Bradley County has 677 farms on 79,716 acres (about 118 acres each). Together they sold $149.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, figs and nectarines, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet corn, watermelons and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 239 honey bee colonies.

39 farms in Bradley County already sell straight to the public, about $645,000 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 Bradley County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 183,340 egg-laying hens, 20,552 head of cattle and 725 horses and ponies in Bradley County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,194 people run or help run farms in Bradley County, with an average age of 61. 39% of them are women. 81 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Bradley County stands out: it ranks #4 of 85 TN counties for egg-laying hens and #9 of 91 TN counties for selling food straight to the public.