MARION COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Marion County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Guild, Kimball and and Whitwell. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Marion County by the Numbers

Marion County has 308 farms on 62,071 acres (about 202 acres each). Together they sold $43.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples. Beekeepers tend about 226 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Marion County already sell straight to the public. 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 Marion County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 6,633 head of cattle, 6,301 egg-laying hens and 596 horses and ponies in Marion County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 556 people run or help run farms in Marion County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 38 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Marion County stands out: it ranks #15 of 85 TN counties for egg-laying hens.