ELBERT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Elbert County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bowman, Dewy Rose and and Elberton. Georgia favorites like pecans and blueberries show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Elbert County by the Numbers

Elbert County has 424 farms on 76,233 acres (about 180 acres each). Together they sold $182.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 36 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Elbert County already sell straight to the public, about $35,000 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 Elbert County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 568,939 egg-laying hens, 9,269 head of cattle and 749 goats in Elbert County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 706 people run or help run farms in Elbert County, with an average age of 59. 34% of them are women. 41 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Elbert County stands out: it ranks #6 of 133 GA counties for egg-laying hens and #13 of 149 GA counties for goats.