HANCOCK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Hancock County? Backyard growers and small farms around Devereux and the rest of Hancock County list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Hancock County by the Numbers

Hancock County has 137 farms on 49,509 acres (about 361 acres each). Together they sold $5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and apples, and local fields produce tomatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 138 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Hancock County already sell straight to the public. 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 Hancock County

Hancock County farms and homesteads keep 3,132 head of cattle, 413 egg-laying hens and 73 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 227 people run or help run farms in Hancock County, with an average age of 65. 32% of them are women. 6 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.