WAYNE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Wayne County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Clifton, Collinwood and and Waynesboro. Tennessee favorites like sweet corn and strawberries show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Wayne County by the Numbers

Wayne County has 627 farms on 136,826 acres (about 218 acres each). Together they sold $45.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and persimmons, and local fields produce cucumbers, cabbage, squash and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 451 honey bee colonies.

23 farms in Wayne County already sell straight to the public, about $114,000 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 Wayne County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 479,501 egg-laying hens, 26,309 head of cattle and 570 goats in Wayne County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,072 people run or help run farms in Wayne County, with an average age of 56. 34% of them are women. 139 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 Wayne County stands out: it ranks #1 of 85 TN counties for egg-laying hens and #11 of 92 TN counties for honey bee colonies.