MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Ailey, Alston and and Uvalda buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Georgia favorites like blueberries and Vidalia onions 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 Montgomery County by the Numbers

Montgomery County has 152 farms on 56,537 acres (about 372 acres each). Together they sold $25.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, cotton and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and peaches, and local fields produce onions, green peas, bell peppers and cucumbers.

19 farms in Montgomery County already sell straight to the public, about $35,000 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 Montgomery County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 2,308 head of cattle, 131 hogs and 111 turkeys in Montgomery County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 260 people run or help run farms in Montgomery County, with an average age of 64. 35% of them are women. 6 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.