HARALSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Haralson County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bremen, Buchanan and and Tallapoosa. Georgia favorites like pecans and blueberries show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Haralson County by the Numbers

Haralson County has 303 farms on 26,001 acres (about 86 acres each). Together they sold $84.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, peaches and chestnuts, and local fields produce sweet corn, cucumbers, bell peppers and squash. Beekeepers tend about 126 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Haralson County already sell straight to the public, about $1.3 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 Haralson County

Haralson County farms and homesteads keep 4,798 head of cattle, 413 goats and 160 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 515 people run or help run farms in Haralson County, with an average age of 58. 40% of them are women. 28 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 Haralson County stands out: it ranks #6 of 133 GA counties for selling food straight to the public.