CHATHAM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Chatham County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Savannah, Garden City and State College. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Chatham County by the Numbers

Chatham County has 41 farms on 7,742 acres (about 189 acres each). Together they sold $10.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, poultry & eggs and horses.

Local fields produce lettuce, kale, turnips and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 101 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Chatham County already sell straight to the public, about $32,000 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 Chatham County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 254 head of cattle, 254 egg-laying hens and 127 horses and ponies in Chatham County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 81 people run or help run farms in Chatham County, with an average age of 64. 44% of them are women. 1 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.