CATOOSA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Catoosa County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Georgia for Fort Oglethorpe, Graysville and and Ringgold. 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 Catoosa County by the Numbers

Catoosa County has 213 farms on 18,464 acres (about 87 acres each). Together they sold $38.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, squash and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 27 honey bee colonies.

26 farms in Catoosa County already sell straight to the public, about $185,000 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 Catoosa County

Catoosa County farms and homesteads keep 4,278 head of cattle, 962 egg-laying hens and 284 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 354 people run or help run farms in Catoosa County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 22 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.