UPSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Upson County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in The Rock, Thomaston and and Yatesville. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Upson County by the Numbers

Upson County has 216 farms on 36,027 acres (about 167 acres each). Together they sold $50.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce watermelons, cucumbers, squash and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 133 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Upson County already sell straight to the public, about $27,000 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 Upson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 4,870 head of cattle, 727 egg-laying hens and 207 goats in Upson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 382 people run or help run farms in Upson County, with an average age of 58. 33% of them are women. 45 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.