CANDLER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Metter and the rest of Candler County buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Candler County by the Numbers

Candler County has 301 farms on 80,603 acres (about 268 acres each). Together they sold $33.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, hay & other field crops and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears and grapes. Beekeepers tend about 13 honey bee colonies.

13 farms in Candler County already sell straight to the public, about $12,000 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 Candler County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 55,992 egg-laying hens, 3,214 head of cattle and 282 sheep in Candler County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 549 people run or help run farms in Candler County, with an average age of 58. 32% of them are women. 51 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.