COFFEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Coffee County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Georgia for Ambrose, Broxton and and West Green. Watch for local Vidalia onions when it comes into season in Georgia. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Coffee County by the Numbers

Coffee County has 541 farms on 161,594 acres (about 299 acres each). Together they sold $293.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cotton and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, oranges and lemons, and local fields produce watermelons, squash and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 5,739 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Coffee County already sell straight to the public, about $12,000 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 Coffee County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 10,939 head of cattle, 1,587 turkeys and 868 goats in Coffee County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 831 people run or help run farms in Coffee County, with an average age of 58. 30% of them are women. 60 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Coffee County stands out: it ranks #5 of 124 GA counties for honey bee colonies and #9 of 149 GA counties for goats.