HAYWOOD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Haywood County? Backyard growers and small farms around Brownsville, and Stanton list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Haywood County by the Numbers

Haywood County has 365 farms on 240,650 acres (about 659 acres each). Together they sold $153.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, cotton and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, fresh herbs and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 101 honey bee colonies.

13 farms in Haywood County already sell straight to the public, about $59,000 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 Haywood County

Haywood County farms and homesteads keep 208 egg-laying hens, 164 horses and ponies and 40 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 596 people run or help run farms in Haywood County, with an average age of 60. 30% of them are women. 35 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Haywood County stands out: it ranks #8 of 95 TN counties for total farm sales.