PICKENS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Pickens County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Jasper, Marble Hill and and Tate. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Pickens County by the Numbers

Pickens County has 220 farms on 16,078 acres (about 73 acres each). Together they sold $64.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hay & other field crops and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow figs, persimmons and pecans, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, green beans and squash. Beekeepers tend about 37 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Pickens County already sell straight to the public, about $56,000 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 Pickens County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,931 head of cattle, 787 egg-laying hens and 497 horses and ponies in Pickens County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 357 people run or help run farms in Pickens County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 23 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.