CARROLL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Carroll County? Backyard growers and small farms around Carrollton, Bowdon and Waco list it here. Watch for local blueberries when it comes into season in Georgia. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Carroll County by the Numbers

Carroll County has 806 farms on 92,092 acres (about 114 acres each). Together they sold $310.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, bell peppers and okra. Beekeepers tend about 265 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Carroll County already sell straight to the public, about $234,000 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 Carroll County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 146,490 egg-laying hens, 21,507 head of cattle and 879 horses and ponies in Carroll County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,308 people run or help run farms in Carroll County, with an average age of 61. 38% of them are women. 71 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Carroll County stands out: it ranks #1 of 159 GA counties for number of farms and #10 of 156 GA counties for total farm sales.