DICKSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Dickson County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Burns, Charlotte and and White Bluff. 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 Dickson County by the Numbers

Dickson County has 1,060 farms on 124,779 acres (about 118 acres each). Together they sold $17 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and tobacco.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, watermelons, green beans and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 374 honey bee colonies.

56 farms in Dickson County already sell straight to the public, about $147,000 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 Dickson County

Dickson County farms and homesteads keep 16,994 head of cattle, 3,509 egg-laying hens and 1,345 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,910 people run or help run farms in Dickson County, with an average age of 58. 39% of them are women. 125 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 20 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Dickson County stands out: it ranks #14 of 95 TN counties for number of farms and #16 of 92 TN counties for goats.