HAMBLEN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Morristown, Russellville and and Whitesburg buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Tennessee favorites like strawberries and honey show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Hamblen County by the Numbers

Hamblen County has 451 farms on 50,177 acres (about 111 acres each). Together they sold $24.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 37 honey bee colonies.

23 farms in Hamblen County already sell straight to the public, about $175,000 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 Hamblen County

Hamblen County farms and homesteads keep 13,066 head of cattle, 1,214 egg-laying hens and 465 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 765 people run or help run farms in Hamblen County, with an average age of 60. 35% of them are women. 63 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.