GRUNDY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Grundy County? Backyard growers and small farms around Altamont, Beersheba Spring and Palmer list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Grundy County by the Numbers

Grundy County has 201 farms on 29,669 acres (about 148 acres each). Together they sold $33.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes, turnip greens, potatoes and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 42 honey bee colonies.

13 farms in Grundy County already sell straight to the public, about $76,000 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 Grundy County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 5,185 head of cattle, 641 sheep and 486 goats in Grundy County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 355 people run or help run farms in Grundy County, with an average age of 55. 40% of them are women. 40 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.