JOHNSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Kite, and Wrightsville buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Georgia favorites like peaches and pecans show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Johnson County by the Numbers

Johnson County has 253 farms on 66,336 acres (about 262 acres each). Together they sold $17.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cotton and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans. Beekeepers tend about 43 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Johnson County already sell straight to the public, about $15,000 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 Johnson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 4,515 head of cattle, 2,315 goats and 1,004 egg-laying hens in Johnson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 402 people run or help run farms in Johnson County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 26 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.

Where Johnson County stands out: it ranks #1 of 149 GA counties for goats.