TIPTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Atoka to Mason, Tipton County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Tipton County by the Numbers

Tipton County has 456 farms on 191,704 acres (about 420 acres each). Together they sold $112.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, cotton and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and apples, and local fields produce tomatoes, okra, kale and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 226 honey bee colonies.

13 farms in Tipton County already sell straight to the public, about $103,000 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 Tipton County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Tipton County counts 7,542 head of cattle, 1,010 egg-laying hens and 592 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 775 people run or help run farms in Tipton County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 78 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 Tipton County stands out: it ranks #15 of 95 TN counties for total farm sales.