EFFINGHAM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bloomingdale, Clyo and Rincon buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local blueberries when it comes into season in Georgia. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Effingham County by the Numbers

Effingham County has 223 farms on 42,347 acres (about 190 acres each). Together they sold $17.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Local fields produce potatoes, collard greens and mustard greens. Beekeepers tend about 3,546 honey bee colonies.

29 farms in Effingham County already sell straight to the public, about $152,000 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 Effingham County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 2,104 egg-laying hens, 1,230 head of cattle and 979 goats in Effingham County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 399 people run or help run farms in Effingham County, with an average age of 53. 33% of them are women. 59 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Effingham County stands out: it ranks #7 of 149 GA counties for goats and #7 of 124 GA counties for honey bee colonies.