UNICOI COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Unicoi County? Backyard growers and small farms around Erwin, Flag Pond and and Unicoi list it here. Tennessee favorites like tomatoes and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Unicoi County by the Numbers

Unicoi County has 80 farms on 3,748 acres (about 47 acres each). Together they sold $825,000 of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, vegetables and poultry & eggs.

Local fields produce green beans, broccoli, sweet corn and beets.

8 farms in Unicoi County already sell straight to the public, about $9,000 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 Unicoi County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Unicoi County counts 472 head of cattle, 367 egg-laying hens and 180 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 137 people run or help run farms in Unicoi County, with an average age of 59. 30% of them are women. 6 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.