COLUMBIA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Appling to and Martinez, Columbia County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local Vidalia onions when it comes into season in Georgia. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Columbia County by the Numbers

Columbia County has 227 farms on 25,036 acres (about 110 acres each). Together they sold $6 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, hay & other field crops and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, plums and pears, and local fields produce kale and collard greens. Beekeepers tend about 146 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Columbia County already sell straight to the public, about $62,000 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 Columbia County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,129 head of cattle, 968 egg-laying hens and 754 horses and ponies in Columbia County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 410 people run or help run farms in Columbia County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 48 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.