MCINTOSH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in McIntosh County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Darien, Meridian and and Townsend. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in McIntosh County by the Numbers

McIntosh County has 52 farms on 15,559 acres (about 299 acres each). Together they sold $6.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, Christmas trees and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow tangerines. Beekeepers tend about 315 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in McIntosh County already sell straight to the public, about $16,000 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 McIntosh County

McIntosh County farms and homesteads keep 291 egg-laying hens and 48 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 88 people run or help run farms in McIntosh County, with an average age of 54. 32% of them are women. 8 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.