BARROW COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Barrow County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bethlehem, Statham and and Winder. Watch for local blueberries when it comes into season in Georgia. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Barrow County by the Numbers

Barrow County has 256 farms on 21,238 acres (about 83 acres each). Together they sold $92.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and plums, and local fields produce tomatoes, squash, bell peppers and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 110 honey bee colonies.

23 farms in Barrow County already sell straight to the public, about $108,000 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 Barrow County

Barrow County farms and homesteads keep 6,910 head of cattle, 465 goats and 371 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 411 people run or help run farms in Barrow County, with an average age of 62. 35% of them are women. 24 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.