COWETA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Coweta County? Backyard growers and small farms around Grantville, Moreland and Senoia list it here. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Georgia. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Coweta County by the Numbers

Coweta County has 324 farms on 53,189 acres (about 164 acres each). Together they sold $15.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, hay & other field crops and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, watermelons, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 173 honey bee colonies.

34 farms in Coweta County already sell straight to the public, about $322,000 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 Coweta County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 5,745 head of cattle, 1,073 egg-laying hens and 1,037 horses and ponies in Coweta County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 538 people run or help run farms in Coweta County, with an average age of 61. 41% of them are women. 36 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 Coweta County stands out: it ranks #22 of 133 GA counties for selling food straight to the public.