FAYETTE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Fayette County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Georgia for Brooks, Peachtree City and and Woolsey. Watch for local Vidalia onions when it comes into season in Georgia. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Fayette County by the Numbers

Fayette County has 120 farms on 7,212 acres (about 60 acres each). Together they sold $1.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears and peaches, and local fields produce kale, sweet corn, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 230 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Fayette County already sell straight to the public, about $14,000 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 Fayette County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 743 head of cattle, 461 egg-laying hens and 247 horses and ponies in Fayette County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 196 people run or help run farms in Fayette County, with an average age of 57. 42% of them are women. 5 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.