CHEROKEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Cherokee County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Canton, Acworth and and Woodstock. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Cherokee County by the Numbers

Cherokee County has 377 farms on 24,284 acres (about 64 acres each). Together they sold $23.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and pecans, and local fields produce watermelons, tomatoes, pumpkins and garlic. Beekeepers tend about 98 honey bee colonies.

23 farms in Cherokee County already sell straight to the public, about $91,000 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 Cherokee County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Cherokee County counts 2,769 head of cattle, 1,775 horses and ponies and 876 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 618 people run or help run farms in Cherokee County, with an average age of 60. 43% of them are women. 40 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Cherokee County stands out: it ranks #28 of 159 GA counties for number of farms.