COLQUITT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Colquitt County? Backyard growers and small farms around Berlin, Doerun and and Norman Park list it here. 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 Colquitt County by the Numbers

Colquitt County has 429 farms on 184,400 acres (about 430 acres each). Together they sold $385.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, vegetables and cotton.

Local fields produce sweet corn, cabbage, squash and broccoli.

12 farms in Colquitt County already sell straight to the public, about $53,000 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 Colquitt County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 210,653 egg-laying hens, 10,809 head of cattle and 365 hogs in Colquitt County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 693 people run or help run farms in Colquitt County, with an average age of 59. 30% of them are women. 56 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Colquitt County stands out: it ranks #6 of 156 GA counties for total farm sales and #14 of 133 GA counties for egg-laying hens.