JONES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Jones County? Backyard growers and small farms around Gray, and Haddock list it here. 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 Jones County by the Numbers

Jones County has 195 farms on 27,803 acres (about 143 acres each). Together they sold $21.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hay & other field crops and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce fresh herbs, tomatoes, squash and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 226 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Jones County already sell straight to the public, about $40,000 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 Jones County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Jones County counts 2,808 head of cattle, 1,533 egg-laying hens and 363 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 319 people run or help run farms in Jones County, with an average age of 60. 36% of them are women. 22 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.