SMITH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Smith County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Brush Creek, Chestnut Mound and Hickman. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Smith County by the Numbers

Smith County has 758 farms on 126,226 acres (about 167 acres each). Together they sold $31.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts, apples and hazelnuts, and local fields produce squash, lettuce and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 168 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Smith County already sell straight to the public, about $459,000 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 Smith County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Smith County counts 21,816 head of cattle, 1,804 egg-laying hens and 1,725 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,297 people run or help run farms in Smith County, with an average age of 58. 33% of them are women. 106 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Smith County stands out: it ranks #8 of 92 TN counties for goats and #18 of 91 TN counties for selling food straight to the public.