JEFFERSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Jefferson County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Avera, Bartow and Wadley. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Jefferson County by the Numbers

Jefferson County has 309 farms on 151,521 acres (about 490 acres each). Together they sold $77.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, corn and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and grapes, and local fields produce watermelons and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 49 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Jefferson County already sell straight to the public, about $21,000 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 Jefferson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 12,360 head of cattle, 454 egg-laying hens and 151 horses and ponies in Jefferson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 529 people run or help run farms in Jefferson County, with an average age of 59. 33% of them are women. 46 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.