WILSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Wilson County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Lebanon, Mount Juliet and and Watertown. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Wilson County by the Numbers

Wilson County has 1,443 farms on 180,001 acres (about 125 acres each). Together they sold $23.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and pecans, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet corn, bell peppers and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 347 honey bee colonies.

87 farms in Wilson County already sell straight to the public, about $659,000 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 Wilson County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Wilson County counts 26,792 head of cattle, 7,015 egg-laying hens and 3,285 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,467 people run or help run farms in Wilson County, with an average age of 60. 38% of them are women. 156 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 22 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Wilson County stands out: it ranks #1 of 92 TN counties for goats and #4 of 95 TN counties for number of farms.