BUTTS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Flovilla to and Jenkinsburg, Butts 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 Butts County by the Numbers

Butts County has 166 farms on 22,844 acres (about 138 acres each). Together they sold $4.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 46 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Butts County already sell straight to the public, about $23,000 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 Butts County

Butts County farms and homesteads keep 4,007 head of cattle, 542 goats and 364 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 284 people run or help run farms in Butts County, with an average age of 63. 40% of them are women. 15 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 Butts County stands out: it ranks #29 of 149 GA counties for goats.