CHARLTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Charlton County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Folkston, and Saint George. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Charlton County by the Numbers

Charlton County has 85 farms on 19,395 acres (about 228 acres each). Together they sold $1.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by honey, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 4,162 honey bee colonies.

1 farms in Charlton County already sell straight to the public. 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 Charlton County

Charlton County farms and homesteads keep 1,289 head of cattle, 459 egg-laying hens and 90 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 154 people run or help run farms in Charlton County, with an average age of 58. 32% of them are women. 16 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Charlton County stands out: it ranks #6 of 124 GA counties for honey bee colonies.