CHEATHAM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Cheatham County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Ashland City, Chapmansboro and and Pleasant View. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Tennessee. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Cheatham County by the Numbers

Cheatham County has 434 farms on 45,289 acres (about 104 acres each). Together they sold $10.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by tobacco, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce green beans, pumpkins, squash and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 1,268 honey bee colonies.

35 farms in Cheatham County already sell straight to the public, about $322,000 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 Cheatham County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Cheatham County counts 5,856 head of cattle, 2,193 egg-laying hens and 542 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 696 people run or help run farms in Cheatham County, with an average age of 61. 36% of them are women. 33 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Cheatham County stands out: it ranks #2 of 92 TN counties for honey bee colonies.