FRANKLIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Canon, Carnesville and and Royston buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Georgia favorites like blueberries and Vidalia onions 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 Franklin County by the Numbers

Franklin County has 669 farms on 68,943 acres (about 103 acres each). Together they sold $486.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and pears, and local fields produce tomatoes and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 85 honey bee colonies.

34 farms in Franklin County already sell straight to the public, about $246,000 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 Franklin County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Franklin County counts 1,042,437 egg-laying hens, 19,584 head of cattle and 1,153 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,167 people run or help run farms in Franklin County, with an average age of 58. 39% of them are women. 104 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 Franklin County stands out: it ranks #2 of 156 GA counties for total farm sales and #4 of 159 GA counties for number of farms.