MADISON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Madison County? Backyard growers and small farms around Colbert, Comer and and Hull list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Madison County by the Numbers

Madison County has 707 farms on 76,519 acres (about 108 acres each). Together they sold $402.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and apples, and local fields produce turnip greens, sweet corn, collard greens and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 879 honey bee colonies.

41 farms in Madison County already sell straight to the public, about $317,000 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 Madison County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Madison County counts 378,069 egg-laying hens, 20,457 head of cattle and 1,221 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,198 people run or help run farms in Madison County, with an average age of 58. 40% of them are women. 107 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.

Where Madison County stands out: it ranks #2 of 159 GA counties for number of farms and #3 of 149 GA counties for goats.