KNOX COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Knoxville to Kimberlin Height, Knox County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local honey 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 Knox County by the Numbers

Knox County has 862 farms on 53,515 acres (about 62 acres each). Together they sold $21.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, green beans and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 933 honey bee colonies.

77 farms in Knox County already sell straight to the public, about $512,000 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 Knox County

Knox County farms and homesteads keep 11,623 head of cattle, 5,866 egg-laying hens and 1,284 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,538 people run or help run farms in Knox County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 117 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Knox County stands out: it ranks #4 of 92 TN counties for honey bee colonies and #17 of 91 TN counties for selling food straight to the public.