BERRIEN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Berrien County? Backyard growers and small farms around Alapaha, Enigma and and Ray City list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Berrien County by the Numbers

Berrien County has 362 farms on 127,226 acres (about 351 acres each). Together they sold $108.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hay & other field crops and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and lemons, and local fields produce watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 553 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Berrien County already sell straight to the public, about $43,000 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 Berrien County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 9,419 head of cattle, 315 goats and 164 horses and ponies in Berrien County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 580 people run or help run farms in Berrien County, with an average age of 60. 29% of them are women. 35 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Berrien County stands out: it ranks #23 of 124 GA counties for honey bee colonies.