PIKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Concord, Meansville and and Zebulon buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Pike County by the Numbers

Pike County has 260 farms on 37,935 acres (about 146 acres each). Together they sold $12.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, apples and figs, and local fields produce tomatoes, snow peas, green beans and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 229 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Pike County already sell straight to the public, about $59,000 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 Pike County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Pike County counts 3,919 head of cattle, 1,947 egg-laying hens and 456 turkeys. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 436 people run or help run farms in Pike County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 29 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.