WARE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Ware County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Manor, Millwood and and Waycross. Watch for local peaches 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 Ware County by the Numbers

Ware County has 251 farms on 67,002 acres (about 267 acres each). Together they sold $38.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, poultry & eggs and corn.

Local fields produce chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 7,242 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Ware County already sell straight to the public, about $11,000 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 Ware County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Ware County counts 1,649 head of cattle, 427 egg-laying hens and 241 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 433 people run or help run farms in Ware County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 27 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Ware County stands out: it ranks #2 of 124 GA counties for honey bee colonies.