WILKES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Danburg, Philomath and and Washington buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Georgia. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Wilkes County by the Numbers

Wilkes County has 248 farms on 83,917 acres (about 338 acres each). Together they sold $123.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and cattle.

Local fields produce tomatoes, eggplant, chile peppers and parsley. Beekeepers tend about 53 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Wilkes County already sell straight to the public, about $239,000 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 Wilkes County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Wilkes County counts 11,740 head of cattle, 979 egg-laying hens and 641 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 410 people run or help run farms in Wilkes County, with an average age of 61. 36% of them are women. 14 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Wilkes County stands out: it ranks #19 of 149 GA counties for goats and #32 of 156 GA counties for total farm sales.