MAURY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Columbia to Spring Hill, Maury County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Maury County by the Numbers

Maury County has 1,442 farms on 209,805 acres (about 145 acres each). Together they sold $50.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, chestnuts and peaches, and local fields produce okra, tomatoes, sweet corn and squash. Beekeepers tend about 424 honey bee colonies.

78 farms in Maury County already sell straight to the public, about $518,000 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 Maury County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 38,692 head of cattle, 5,782 egg-laying hens and 2,292 goats in Maury County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,473 people run or help run farms in Maury County, with an average age of 59. 38% of them are women. 182 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 24 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Maury County stands out: it ranks #2 of 92 TN counties for goats and #5 of 95 TN counties for number of farms.