OGLETHORPE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Arnoldsville, Carlton and and Stephens buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local blueberries when it comes into season in Georgia. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Oglethorpe County by the Numbers

Oglethorpe County has 438 farms on 79,994 acres (about 183 acres each). Together they sold $407.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, apples and figs, and local fields produce lettuce, tomatoes, okra and onions. Beekeepers tend about 70 honey bee colonies.

26 farms in Oglethorpe County already sell straight to the public, about $135,000 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 Oglethorpe County

Oglethorpe County farms and homesteads keep 89,573 egg-laying hens, 13,876 head of cattle and 1,179 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 738 people run or help run farms in Oglethorpe County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 57 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.

Where Oglethorpe County stands out: it ranks #3 of 156 GA counties for total farm sales and #4 of 149 GA counties for goats.