HOUSTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Houston County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Tennessee for Erin, Stewart and and Tennessee Ridge. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Houston County by the Numbers

Houston County has 280 farms on 49,243 acres (about 176 acres each). Together they sold $6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, okra and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 61 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Houston County already sell straight to the public, about $22,000 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 Houston County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Houston County counts 13,611 head of cattle, 1,479 egg-laying hens and 222 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 470 people run or help run farms in Houston County, with an average age of 59. 41% of them are women. 42 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.