LINCOLN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Lincoln County? Backyard growers and small farms around Ardmore, Elora and Kelso list it here. Watch for local strawberries when it comes into season in Tennessee. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Lincoln County by the Numbers

Lincoln County has 1,450 farms on 270,934 acres (about 187 acres each). Together they sold $196 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet potatoes, watermelons and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 350 honey bee colonies.

68 farms in Lincoln County already sell straight to the public, about $1.1 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 Lincoln County

Lincoln County farms and homesteads keep 69,050 head of cattle, 26,666 egg-laying hens and 1,564 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,481 people run or help run farms in Lincoln County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 158 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lincoln County stands out: it ranks #3 of 95 TN counties for number of farms and #4 of 95 TN counties for total farm sales.