OVERTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Allons, Allred and Livingston buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Overton County by the Numbers

Overton County has 922 farms on 155,629 acres (about 169 acres each). Together they sold $37.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, pears and apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, green beans and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 384 honey bee colonies.

34 farms in Overton County already sell straight to the public, about $215,000 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 Overton County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Overton County counts 34,160 head of cattle, 2,660 egg-laying hens and 1,970 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,611 people run or help run farms in Overton County, with an average age of 56. 36% of them are women. 160 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Overton County stands out: it ranks #17 of 92 TN counties for honey bee colonies.