CHATTOOGA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Chattooga County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Cloudland, Lyerly and and Trion. 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 Chattooga County by the Numbers

Chattooga County has 275 farms on 58,942 acres (about 214 acres each). Together they sold $96.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and cattle.

Local fields produce tomatoes, green beans, squash and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 200 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Chattooga County already sell straight to the public, about $68,000 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 Chattooga County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 172,473 egg-laying hens, 9,521 head of cattle and 297 horses and ponies in Chattooga County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 479 people run or help run farms in Chattooga County, with an average age of 60. 35% of them are women. 17 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 18 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Chattooga County stands out: it ranks #17 of 133 GA counties for egg-laying hens.