HENRY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Henry County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Hampton, Locust Grove and and Stockbridge. Watch for local Vidalia onions when it comes into season in Georgia. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Henry County by the Numbers

Henry County has 214 farms on 14,108 acres (about 66 acres each). Together they sold $3.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, lettuce and kale. Beekeepers tend about 80 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Henry County already sell straight to the public, about $273,000 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 Henry County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,986 head of cattle, 635 egg-laying hens and 474 horses and ponies in Henry County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 365 people run or help run farms in Henry County, with an average age of 61. 43% of them are women. 16 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Henry County stands out: it ranks #27 of 133 GA counties for selling food straight to the public.