FAYETTE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Fayette County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Tennessee for Gallaway, La Grange and Somerville. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Tennessee. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Fayette County by the Numbers

Fayette County has 783 farms on 224,887 acres (about 287 acres each). Together they sold $118.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts, apples and plums, and local fields produce watermelons, mustard greens, lettuce and squash. Beekeepers tend about 334 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Fayette County already sell straight to the public, about $98,000 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 Fayette County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Fayette County counts 15,031 head of cattle, 2,059 egg-laying hens and 1,308 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,434 people run or help run farms in Fayette County, with an average age of 61. 38% of them are women. 61 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Fayette County stands out: it ranks #14 of 95 TN counties for total farm sales.