TATTNALL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Tattnall County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Cobbtown, Collins and and Reidsville. Georgia favorites like pecans and blueberries show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Tattnall County by the Numbers

Tattnall County has 514 farms on 128,240 acres (about 249 acres each). Together they sold $514 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, vegetables and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce onions, carrots, watermelons and sweet potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 583 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Tattnall 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 Tattnall County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 155,780 egg-laying hens, 11,043 head of cattle and 331 goats in Tattnall County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 925 people run or help run farms in Tattnall County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 70 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Tattnall County stands out: it ranks #1 of 156 GA counties for total farm sales and #12 of 159 GA counties for number of farms.