Giles

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

🌽 This is the Giles County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Tennessee for Ardmore, Goodspring and and Pulaski. Watch for local honey 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 Giles County by the Numbers

Giles County has 1,457 farms on 241,228 acres (about 166 acres each). Together they sold $76.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, poultry & eggs and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and chestnuts, and local fields produce tomatoes, green beans, squash and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 346 honey bee colonies.

54 farms in Giles County already sell straight to the public, about $228,000 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 Giles County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Giles County counts 124,167 egg-laying hens, 55,682 head of cattle and 1,690 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,555 people run or help run farms in Giles County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 207 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 22 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Giles County stands out: it ranks #2 of 95 TN counties for number of farms and #7 of 85 TN counties for egg-laying hens.