MARION COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Marion County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Georgia for Juniper, Mauk and and Tazewell. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Marion County by the Numbers

Marion County has 199 farms on 59,650 acres (about 300 acres each). Together they sold $17.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hay & other field crops and cotton.

Beekeepers tend about 132 honey bee colonies.

18 farms in Marion County already sell straight to the public, about $204,000 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 Marion County

Marion County farms and homesteads keep 8,693 egg-laying hens, 3,375 head of cattle and 416 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 363 people run or help run farms in Marion County, with an average age of 58. 45% of them are women. 11 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.