TALIAFERRO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Crawfordville, and Sharon buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Georgia favorites like blueberries and Vidalia onions show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Taliaferro County by the Numbers

Taliaferro County has 60 farms on 11,679 acres (about 195 acres each). Together they sold $73 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, vegetables and hay & other field crops.

Local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, chile peppers and squash. Beekeepers tend about 701 honey bee colonies.

2 farms in Taliaferro County already sell straight to the public. 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 Taliaferro County

Taliaferro County farms and homesteads keep 2,085 head of cattle, 269 sheep and 57 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 95 people run or help run farms in Taliaferro County, with an average age of 60. 32% of them are women. 1 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Taliaferro County stands out: it ranks #17 of 124 GA counties for honey bee colonies.