FLOYD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Rome to and Silver Creek, Floyd County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Floyd County by the Numbers

Floyd County has 465 farms on 73,663 acres (about 158 acres each). Together they sold $69.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, persimmons and walnuts, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet corn, bell peppers and okra. Beekeepers tend about 221 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Floyd County already sell straight to the public, about $97,000 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 Floyd County

Floyd County farms and homesteads keep 9,447 head of cattle, 1,010 egg-laying hens and 884 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 808 people run or help run farms in Floyd County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 71 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Floyd County stands out: it ranks #15 of 159 GA counties for number of farms and #21 of 149 GA counties for goats.