COBB COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Cobb County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Georgia for Marietta, Smyrna and and Kennesaw. 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 Cobb County by the Numbers

Cobb County has 92 farms on 2,830 acres (about 31 acres each). Together they sold $4.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by horses, vegetables and poultry & eggs.

Local fields produce chile peppers, bell peppers, okra and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 140 honey bee colonies.

18 farms in Cobb County already sell straight to the public, about $76,000 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 Cobb County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Cobb County counts 2,146 egg-laying hens, 325 horses and ponies and 129 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 207 people run or help run farms in Cobb County, with an average age of 56. 34% of them are women. 33 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.