GWINNETT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Gwinnett County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Georgia for Norcross, and Buford. Georgia favorites like Vidalia onions and peaches show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Gwinnett County by the Numbers

Gwinnett County has 117 farms on 5,392 acres (about 46 acres each). Together they sold $9.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and cattle.

Local fields produce cucumbers, sweet corn, tomatoes and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 9 honey bee colonies.

21 farms in Gwinnett County already sell straight to the public, about $48,000 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 Gwinnett County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Gwinnett County counts 801 head of cattle, 452 egg-laying hens and 263 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 195 people run or help run farms in Gwinnett County, with an average age of 61. 48% of them are women. 13 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.