LOUDON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Loudon County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Greenback, Lenoir City and and Philadelphia. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Loudon County by the Numbers

Loudon County has 640 farms on 55,880 acres (about 87 acres each). Together they sold $94.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, green beans and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 143 honey bee colonies.

58 farms in Loudon County already sell straight to the public, about $365,000 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 Loudon County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 17,111 head of cattle, 2,277 egg-laying hens and 1,071 horses and ponies in Loudon County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,084 people run or help run farms in Loudon County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 105 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Loudon County stands out: it ranks #19 of 95 TN counties for total farm sales.