HEARD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Heard County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Georgia for Glenn and the rest of Heard County. Watch for local pecans when it comes into season in Georgia. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Heard County by the Numbers

Heard County has 180 farms on 33,726 acres (about 187 acres each). Together they sold $68.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, pears and chestnuts, and local fields produce sweet corn, okra, tomatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 323 honey bee colonies.

21 farms in Heard County already sell straight to the public, about $94,000 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 Heard County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Heard County counts 5,615 head of cattle, 424 egg-laying hens and 134 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 336 people run or help run farms in Heard County, with an average age of 56. 37% of them are women. 34 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.