Dixon Family Farm

Dixon Family Farm

Bennie Dixon and Family

101 County Road 365

Clanton, AL 35045

205-299-6357 – Bennie Dixon

334-376-9878 – Rodney Dixon

The Dixon Family Farm is owned and operated by Bennie Dixon and his children, Rodney, Rosalyn and Karla. Their farm resides off County Road 365 in Chilton County, Alabama. Their farm, open year round has many different varieties of vegetables and produce for sale.This month of June, they have squash, pink-eye-purple-hull peas, tomatoes, different melon varieties, and other vegetables including cabbages and cucumbers. All of their produce is freshly picked and packaged for sale throughout numerous farmers’ markets in and around the Birmingham area.

Bennie and his son, Rodney, typically handle the planting and harvesting jobs of the farm, while daughters Karla and Rosalyn assists in packaging the produce and transporting it to sell at different markets. Since, the freshest produce is chosen for sale, they plant and harvest according to each vegetable’s growing season. Within a summer growing season, the Dixons will grow lots of produce to meet their demanding market schedule. Almost daily they have truck loads of produce ready to be sent to surrounding markets.

On a typical market day, the Dixons will have three produce trucks at different areas. They can usually be found on Monday evenings at the Montevallo Farmer’s Market, in downtown Montevallo and on Tuesdays they are at the Calera Farmers Market, which is approximately less than ten miles from Montevallo residents. For the remainder of the week they are at the farmers’ markets in Sylacauga, East Lake, East Chase and Homewood all near metropolitan Birmingham.

Bennie Dixon is also a member of the Alabama Farmer’s Market. To become a member of this association, one must be a grower and farmer that harvest their crops within Alabama. The Alabama Farmer's Market is a wholesale distributor for produce in Birmingham. If a person needs fresh produce and a market is not open or near, the Dixons will take orders by phone and will make arrangements to fulfill those needs. Typically, orders are made for customers who plan on purchasing bushels of vegetables, such as peas. Arrangements are made where the customers can come to the farm in Clanton or meet the Dixons at a local farmers’ market.

Dixon Family Farms offers the freshest vegetables they can possibly offer, grown right from the dirt at their home in Clanton, Alabama. They make produce not only easily available for Montevallo residents, but for the urban areas of Alabama, which are less accessible to fresh homegrown produce.

Emily