CUMBERLAND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Cumberland County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Crab Orchard, and Fairfield Glade. Watch for local strawberries 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 Cumberland County by the Numbers

Cumberland County has 818 farms on 130,350 acres (about 159 acres each). Together they sold $36.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pawpaws, and local fields produce green beans, potatoes, tomatoes and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 291 honey bee colonies.

74 farms in Cumberland County already sell straight to the public, about $520,000 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 Cumberland County

Cumberland County farms and homesteads keep 24,145 head of cattle, 3,565 egg-laying hens and 1,594 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,425 people run or help run farms in Cumberland County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 159 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Cumberland County stands out: it ranks #15 of 91 TN counties for selling food straight to the public.