RHEA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Dayton to and Spring City, Rhea County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Tennessee favorites like sweet corn and strawberries show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Rhea County by the Numbers

Rhea County has 477 farms on 63,329 acres (about 133 acres each). Together they sold $23.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce bell peppers, sweet corn, watermelons and broccoli. Beekeepers tend about 194 honey bee colonies.

34 farms in Rhea County already sell straight to the public, about $66,000 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 Rhea County

Rhea County farms and homesteads keep 10,940 head of cattle, 397 goats and 322 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 811 people run or help run farms in Rhea County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 58 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.