TELFAIR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Telfair County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Helena, Jacksonville and and Scotland. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Telfair County by the Numbers

Telfair County has 181 farms on 49,177 acres (about 272 acres each). Together they sold $19.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, hay & other field crops and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 6 honey bee colonies.

4 farms in Telfair County already sell straight to the public, about $22,000 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 Telfair County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,476 head of cattle, 442 goats and 246 egg-laying hens in Telfair County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 278 people run or help run farms in Telfair County, with an average age of 60. 35% of them are women. 16 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.