FULTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Fulton County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Atlanta, Roswell and Hapeville. Watch for local Vidalia onions when it comes into season in Georgia. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Fulton County by the Numbers

Fulton County has 167 farms on 9,150 acres (about 55 acres each). Together they sold $7.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by horses, hay & other field crops and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce squash, carrots, tomatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 534 honey bee colonies.

47 farms in Fulton County already sell straight to the public, about $329,000 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 Fulton County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,379 egg-laying hens, 886 head of cattle and 521 horses and ponies in Fulton County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 333 people run or help run farms in Fulton County, with an average age of 57. 41% of them are women. 18 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Fulton County stands out: it ranks #20 of 133 GA counties for selling food straight to the public and #24 of 124 GA counties for honey bee colonies.