BACON COUNTY MARKET

Bacon County, Georgia Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Alma and the rest of Bacon County buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Georgia favorites like peaches and pecans show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Bacon County by the Numbers

Bacon County has 312 farms on 77,153 acres (about 247 acres each). Together they sold $107.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, poultry & eggs and cotton.

Local fields produce sweet corn, chile peppers, carrots and tomatoes.

11 farms in Bacon County already sell straight to the public. 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 Bacon County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Bacon County counts 421,852 egg-laying hens, 7,406 head of cattle and 230 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 542 people run or help run farms in Bacon County, with an average age of 54. 32% of them are women. 71 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 Bacon County stands out: it ranks #9 of 133 GA counties for egg-laying hens.