SPALDING COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Spalding County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Griffin and the rest of Spalding County. Watch for local pecans 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 Spalding County by the Numbers

Spalding County has 212 farms on 16,543 acres (about 78 acres each). Together they sold $6.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and pecans, and local fields produce lettuce, cabbage, chile peppers and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 429 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Spalding County already sell straight to the public, about $53,000 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 Spalding County

Spalding County farms and homesteads keep 1,823 head of cattle, 697 egg-laying hens and 516 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 366 people run or help run farms in Spalding County, with an average age of 58. 42% of them are women. 45 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.