HENRY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Buchanan to Puryear, Henry County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Henry County by the Numbers

Henry County has 808 farms on 219,320 acres (about 271 acres each). Together they sold $144 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, soybeans and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and pecans, and local fields produce pumpkins, watermelons, tomatoes and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 63 honey bee colonies.

38 farms in Henry County already sell straight to the public, about $353,000 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 Henry County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Henry County counts 116,889 hogs, 56,626 egg-laying hens and 13,907 head of cattle.

About 1,413 people run or help run farms in Henry County, with an average age of 60. 36% of them are women. 119 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Henry County stands out: it ranks #8 of 85 TN counties for egg-laying hens and #11 of 95 TN counties for total farm sales.