Welcome to the Former
Bowdon Farmers Swap & Market
*** Now currently known as West Georgia Farmers Swap & Market! Currently operating in Rome GA Beginning October 5th! Market will operate every 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month - Rain or Shine!
We hope to open another market in or near Carroll County again soon as we know you all have missed or swapping and conversing!
We have missed our market & look forward to bringing west GA & east AL the best local farmers with a great selection of farm fresh items and also any miscellanious influx of animals they want to bring to market.
We allow all methods of transactions - trade, barter, cash or card (each vendor has their own preferences).
If you would like to be a part of our PMA as a customer buying fresh
and local goods please click below to access our PMA
(private membership association) page and more details!
We will have local pickup points either here in West GA or in
Atlanta at various markets - you simply let us know your location
then we can let you know the nearest pickup point and day/time.
Check our farm page by clicking the button to
discover all of our farm fresh goodness, homestead classes, & more!
West Georgia Farmers Swap & Market is serving the Haralson, Heard, Carroll, Polk, Floyd, Bartow & Cleburne County areas in GA & AL...
Some words & history about us.
Here in the rural & most western part of NW Georgia, right on the Alabama line,tucked away on the outskirts of West Georgia...we saw a need...a need for getting back to basics and preserve a way of life that has been forgotten. We want to offer good healthy fresh food, things like vegetables, meats, breads, preserves, fresh eggs, and some good old fashioned farm trading & bartering with great buys on local hand made items as well. We don't bring in commercial vendors, only handmade allowed. We will offer a poultry & animal swap as well during the market. We want to transport you back to a time of getting your foods fresh and your goods at good pricing or trading.
We owe a huge debt of gratitude to our hosts in Rome, GA for the use of their land at River Remedy Brewing Co. Without their help, the use of their land and belief in the farmer's none of this would have been possible! Thank you!
We hope to offer everyone the best of what our area has to offer! If you or know someone that would like to become a vendor please see the section below for more information. See our location area and service area below -
Become a market vendor
Becoming a vendor is easy!
Simply click the link below to submit a vendor application or grab one on market day!
The form is used for the West Georgia Farmers Swap & Market.
We will have farmers first & foremost!
Hours for Saturday Farmers Market and Swap are 8am-12'ish PM.
We will have a chicken/poultry swaps and goats, equine, small animals and possibly bovine for trade and or excess sales. We will also have a percentage of traditional flea marketers w very few if any commercial sellers unless their items are handmade. We are trying to keep this to old timey traditions of buying, selling & trading.
All applications will be considered. Regular or food vendors must fill out our form. We will notify you via email of your placement and acceptance upon payment. If you do not see an email from us please call at the number in the contact info below. For the Farmer Swap & Market payments are made on market day at this time. In case of weather related issues (closure due to severe weather) we will announce this on our FB page but we are rain or shine.
Spots are 1st come 1st serve. We will operate throughout the year (1st & 3rd Saturday's) with some holidays excluded if necessary. Vendors are responsible for their own tents, tables, garbage, etc...we only provide a 10x10 area.
We are asking if you can come to market (and you are a regular vendor) that you please plan to be there on the Saturday's you choose and stay until market is finished - if you run out of product we understand. The success of the market is dependent on
the vendors! If the vendors do not show up the people will stop coming. We need regular vendors and animal vendors to come when they say they are coming. We have a great day at the market - you will be pleased with the turn out.
When choosing Saturday dates - If you would like to be at our weekly Saturday Market Farm Swap events it's 10.00 for farmer/rancher/flea vendors & 5.00 for animal swap vendors for each Saturday you attend. These monies go toward vendor area maintenance of the grounds, online presence & maintenance of website or social media.
We are not offering electricity at this time.
EMAIL - IF YOU SEND US A VENDOR APP & do not hear back from us PLEASE PLEASE
send us a regular "hello" email or contact form below. Sometimes your email blocks us from replying at all to you.
Check in & setup for the farmer's market weekly is between 7-8AM
*******Vendors intending to sell prepared and packaged food items for resale must provide a copy of their current Georgia Department of Agriculture Food Sales Establishment/cottage License. The Cottage Food License is accepted. Vendors who wish to sell eggs and/or dairy must provide a copy of their current Georgia Department of Agriculture certification.
Some of Our Vendors
ANIMAL Vendors change weekly - see our fb page for weekly details!
Bring your excess goats or chickens to sell
at our poutry & small animal swap!
Contact Information -
Bowdon GA - no longer on Kent Road
Call us w any questions -
Hours Every 1st & 3rd
Saturday starting Sept/Oct
Email is the best way to contact -
E-mail: georgiafarmersmercantile@gmail.com