BERTIE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Aulander to Powellsville, Bertie County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. North Carolina favorites like apples and sweet potatoes show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Bertie County by the Numbers

Bertie County has 288 farms on 161,862 acres (about 562 acres each). Together they sold $416.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, soybeans and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 38 honey bee colonies.

2 farms in Bertie County already sell straight to the public. 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 Bertie County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 239 head of cattle, 212 horses and ponies and 100 goats in Bertie County. 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 Bertie County, with an average age of 58. 22% of them are women. 38 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Bertie County stands out: it ranks #10 of 98 NC counties for total farm sales.