HAMILTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Hamilton County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Tennessee for Chattanooga, Apison and Hixson. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Tennessee. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Hamilton County by the Numbers

Hamilton County has 489 farms on 53,018 acres (about 108 acres each). Together they sold $30.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, pears and figs, and local fields produce green beans and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 288 honey bee colonies.

48 farms in Hamilton County already sell straight to the public, about $134,000 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 Hamilton County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Hamilton County counts 22,863 egg-laying hens, 8,569 head of cattle and 642 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 889 people run or help run farms in Hamilton County, with an average age of 60. 38% of them are women. 68 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.

Where Hamilton County stands out: it ranks #11 of 85 TN counties for egg-laying hens.