MORGAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Morgan County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Coalfield, Deer Lodge and Sunbright. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Morgan County by the Numbers

Morgan County has 425 farms on 60,675 acres (about 143 acres each). Together they sold $15.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, potatoes, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 110 honey bee colonies.

26 farms in Morgan County already sell straight to the public, about $135,000 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 Morgan County

Morgan County farms and homesteads keep 12,591 head of cattle, 9,867 egg-laying hens and 392 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 759 people run or help run farms in Morgan County, with an average age of 57. 36% of them are women. 57 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Morgan County stands out: it ranks #13 of 85 TN counties for egg-laying hens.