JOHNSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Butler, Laurel Bloomery and and Trade buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Johnson County by the Numbers

Johnson County has 436 farms on 32,922 acres (about 76 acres each). Together they sold $4.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce potatoes, pumpkins, bell peppers and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 148 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Johnson County already sell straight to the public, about $75,000 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 Johnson County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Johnson County counts 5,069 head of cattle, 887 egg-laying hens and 515 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 748 people run or help run farms in Johnson County, with an average age of 62. 38% of them are women. 49 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.