Alamance

Alamance County, North Carolina Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in Alamance County? Backyard growers and small farms around Altamahaw, Burlington and Haw River list it here. Watch for local sweet potatoes when it comes into season in North Carolina. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Alamance County by the Numbers

Alamance County has 724 farms on 68,769 acres (about 95 acres each). Together they sold $46 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and grapes, and local fields produce watermelons, sweet corn, potatoes and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 673 honey bee colonies.

70 farms in Alamance County already sell straight to the public, about $728,000 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 Alamance County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 259,801 egg-laying hens, 11,760 head of cattle and 1,477 goats in Alamance County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,247 people run or help run farms in Alamance County, with an average age of 59. 33% of them are women. 106 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 17 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Alamance County stands out: it ranks #2 of 92 NC counties for goats and #11 of 90 NC counties for honey bee colonies.