WAYNE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Wayne County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Jesup, Odum and and Screven. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Wayne County by the Numbers

Wayne County has 272 farms on 51,504 acres (about 189 acres each). Together they sold $45.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce sweet corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes and Brussels sprouts. Beekeepers tend about 1,204 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Wayne County already sell straight to the public, about $62,000 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 Wayne County

Wayne County farms and homesteads keep 264,015 egg-laying hens, 4,474 head of cattle and 390 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 474 people run or help run farms in Wayne County, with an average age of 56. 33% of them are women. 65 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.

Where Wayne County stands out: it ranks #13 of 133 GA counties for egg-laying hens and #13 of 124 GA counties for honey bee colonies.