GORDON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Gordon County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Calhoun, Fairmount and and Sugar Valley. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Georgia. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Gordon County by the Numbers

Gordon County has 592 farms on 77,290 acres (about 131 acres each). Together they sold $368.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and cattle.

Local fields produce tomatoes, bell peppers, green beans and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 28 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Gordon County already sell straight to the public, about $451,000 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 Gordon County

Gordon County farms and homesteads keep 116,459 egg-laying hens, 17,140 head of cattle and 912 hogs. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 967 people run or help run farms in Gordon County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 78 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Gordon County stands out: it ranks #6 of 159 GA counties for number of farms and #8 of 156 GA counties for total farm sales.