HICKMAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bon Aqua, Centerville and Pleasantville buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local strawberries when it comes into season in Tennessee. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Hickman County by the Numbers

Hickman County has 651 farms on 140,776 acres (about 216 acres each). Together they sold $20.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, soybeans and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, lettuce and okra. Beekeepers tend about 75 honey bee colonies.

41 farms in Hickman County already sell straight to the public, about $2.1 million 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 Hickman County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 17,856 head of cattle, 3,143 egg-laying hens and 938 goats in Hickman County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,129 people run or help run farms in Hickman County, with an average age of 58. 39% of them are women. 61 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Hickman County stands out: it ranks #1 of 91 TN counties for selling food straight to the public.