HENDERSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Henderson County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Tennessee for Darden, Huron and Scotts Hill. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Tennessee. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Henderson County by the Numbers

Henderson County has 656 farms on 126,971 acres (about 194 acres each). Together they sold $28.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, cattle and corn.

Local fields produce watermelons, cantaloupes, green beans and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 156 honey bee colonies.

21 farms in Henderson County already sell straight to the public, about $67,000 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 Henderson County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Henderson County counts 17,529 head of cattle, 2,525 egg-laying hens and 824 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,156 people run or help run farms in Henderson County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 89 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.