GIBSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Bradford to Milan, Gibson County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Gibson County by the Numbers

Gibson County has 769 farms on 287,725 acres (about 374 acres each). Together they sold $186.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cotton.

Local fields produce sweet corn, mustard greens, green beans and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 181 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Gibson County already sell straight to the public. 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 Gibson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 13,393 head of cattle, 10,699 egg-laying hens and 468 horses and ponies in Gibson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,269 people run or help run farms in Gibson County, with an average age of 59. 31% of them are women. 101 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Gibson County stands out: it ranks #6 of 95 TN counties for total farm sales and #12 of 85 TN counties for egg-laying hens.