OCONEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Oconee County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bishop, Bogart and and Watkinsville list it here. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Georgia. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Oconee County by the Numbers

Oconee County has 292 farms on 38,713 acres (about 133 acres each). Together they sold $53.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pawpaws and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, okra, chile peppers and cabbage. Beekeepers tend about 413 honey bee colonies.

35 farms in Oconee County already sell straight to the public, about $518,000 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 Oconee County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Oconee County counts 9,550 head of cattle, 1,339 egg-laying hens and 1,336 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 498 people run or help run farms in Oconee County, with an average age of 58. 43% of them are women. 35 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Oconee County stands out: it ranks #11 of 133 GA counties for selling food straight to the public.