DOUGLAS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Douglas County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Douglasville, and Winston. Georgia favorites like peaches and pecans show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Douglas County by the Numbers

Douglas County has 74 farms on 7,323 acres (about 99 acres each). Together they sold $2.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and hay & other field crops.

Local fields produce lettuce, spinach, green beans and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 128 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Douglas County already sell straight to the public, about $63,000 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 Douglas County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 2,467 head of cattle, 545 egg-laying hens and 288 horses and ponies in Douglas County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 133 people run or help run farms in Douglas County, with an average age of 59. 44% of them are women. 13 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.