GRAINGER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bean Station, Blaine and and Washburn buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Grainger County by the Numbers

Grainger County has 814 farms on 83,178 acres (about 102 acres each). Together they sold $32.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, pears and walnuts, and local fields produce tomatoes, pumpkins, cucumbers and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 125 honey bee colonies.

35 farms in Grainger County already sell straight to the public, about $292,000 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 Grainger County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Grainger County counts 21,415 head of cattle, 2,371 egg-laying hens and 747 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,398 people run or help run farms in Grainger County, with an average age of 59. 34% of them are women. 109 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.