DADE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Dade County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Rising Fawn, Trenton and and Wildwood. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Dade County by the Numbers

Dade County has 180 farms on 31,350 acres (about 174 acres each). Together they sold $52.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and peaches, and local fields produce okra and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 87 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Dade County already sell straight to the public, about $19,000 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 Dade County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 102,465 egg-laying hens, 2,885 head of cattle and 181 horses and ponies in Dade County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 329 people run or help run farms in Dade County, with an average age of 60. 36% of them are women. 13 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Dade County stands out: it ranks #27 of 133 GA counties for egg-laying hens.