PAULDING COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Paulding County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Dallas, and Hiram. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Paulding County by the Numbers

Paulding County has 220 farms on 17,175 acres (about 78 acres each). Together they sold $6.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, fruit & nuts and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and figs, and local fields produce okra, pumpkins, bell peppers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 54 honey bee colonies.

36 farms in Paulding County already sell straight to the public, about $3.7 million 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 Paulding County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 7,556 egg-laying hens, 1,499 head of cattle and 496 goats in Paulding County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 422 people run or help run farms in Paulding County, with an average age of 58. 42% of them are women. 38 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 19 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Paulding County stands out: it ranks #1 of 133 GA counties for selling food straight to the public.