DEKALB COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in DeKalb County? Backyard growers and small farms around Alexandria, Dowelltown and and Smithville list it here. 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 DeKalb County by the Numbers

DeKalb County has 579 farms on 89,080 acres (about 154 acres each). Together they sold $29.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and plums, and local fields produce sweet corn, cucumbers, bell peppers and squash. Beekeepers tend about 48 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in DeKalb County already sell straight to the public, about $113,000 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.