BROOKS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Barney to and Quitman, Brooks County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Brooks County by the Numbers

Brooks County has 392 farms on 207,151 acres (about 528 acres each). Together they sold $193.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cotton and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce cucumbers, watermelons, squash and eggplant. Beekeepers tend about 22 honey bee colonies.

21 farms in Brooks 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 Brooks County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 13,163 head of cattle, 989 egg-laying hens and 452 horses and ponies in Brooks County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 686 people run or help run farms in Brooks County, with an average age of 60. 37% of them are women. 44 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Brooks County stands out: it ranks #19 of 156 GA counties for total farm sales and #26 of 159 GA counties for number of farms.