CHESTER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Chester County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Enville, Henderson and and Luray. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Chester County by the Numbers

Chester County has 351 farms on 77,906 acres (about 222 acres each). Together they sold $32.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, cattle and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, persimmons and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 20 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Chester County already sell straight to the public, about $80,000 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 Chester County

Chester County farms and homesteads keep 6,923 head of cattle, 975 egg-laying hens and 240 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 575 people run or help run farms in Chester County, with an average age of 60. 34% of them are women. 37 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.