CANNON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Cannon County? Backyard growers and small farms around Auburntown, Bradyville and and Woodbury list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Cannon County by the Numbers

Cannon County has 582 farms on 90,171 acres (about 155 acres each). Together they sold $23.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, grapes and apples, and local fields produce tomatoes, green beans, cucumbers and okra. Beekeepers tend about 103 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Cannon County already sell straight to the public, about $226,000 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 Cannon County

Cannon County farms and homesteads keep 11,960 head of cattle, 1,959 egg-laying hens and 1,435 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,014 people run or help run farms in Cannon County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 63 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 Cannon County stands out: it ranks #13 of 92 TN counties for goats.