MOORE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Moore County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Tennessee for Lynchburg and the rest of Moore County. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Moore County by the Numbers

Moore County has 281 farms on 63,825 acres (about 227 acres each). Together they sold $17.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, poultry & eggs and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples. Beekeepers tend about 77 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Moore County already sell straight to the public, about $111,000 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 Moore County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 20,482 head of cattle, 596 egg-laying hens and 352 goats in Moore County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 473 people run or help run farms in Moore County, with an average age of 61. 36% of them are women. 22 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.