BARTOW COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Bartow County? Backyard growers and small farms around Adairsville, Cartersville and Taylorsville list it here. Watch for local peaches 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 Bartow County by the Numbers

Bartow County has 457 farms on 69,569 acres (about 152 acres each). Together they sold $126.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet corn, squash and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 87 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Bartow County already sell straight to the public, about $176,000 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 Bartow County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 18,065 head of cattle, 746 horses and ponies and 597 goats in Bartow County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 774 people run or help run farms in Bartow County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 57 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Bartow County stands out: it ranks #16 of 159 GA counties for number of farms and #24 of 149 GA counties for goats.