GILMER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Gilmer County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Georgia for Cherrylog, East Ellijay and and Ellijay. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Gilmer County by the Numbers

Gilmer County has 264 farms on 31,626 acres (about 120 acres each). Together they sold $277.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, fruit & nuts and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 44 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Gilmer County already sell straight to the public, about $3.3 million 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 Gilmer County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Gilmer County counts 324,737 egg-laying hens, 5,027 head of cattle and 323 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 460 people run or help run farms in Gilmer County, with an average age of 58. 39% of them are women. 63 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Gilmer County stands out: it ranks #2 of 133 GA counties for selling food straight to the public and #13 of 156 GA counties for total farm sales.