HALL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Hall County? Backyard growers and small farms around Gainesville, Clermont and Murrayville list it here. 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 Hall County by the Numbers

Hall County has 574 farms on 43,910 acres (about 76 acres each). Together they sold $208.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow figs, pecans and grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 596 honey bee colonies.

44 farms in Hall County already sell straight to the public, about $297,000 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 Hall County

Hall County farms and homesteads keep 2,097,101 egg-laying hens, 13,094 head of cattle and 1,104 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 996 people run or help run farms in Hall County, with an average age of 58. 38% of them are women. 74 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Hall County stands out: it ranks #2 of 133 GA counties for egg-laying hens and #5 of 149 GA counties for goats.