BRUNSWICK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Brunswick County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Ash, Boiling Spring L and Leland. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Brunswick County by the Numbers

Brunswick County has 238 farms on 45,150 acres (about 190 acres each). Together they sold $51.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, nursery & greenhouse plants and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce green beans, cucumbers, green peas and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 213 honey bee colonies.

46 farms in Brunswick County already sell straight to the public, about $1.9 million 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 Brunswick County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Brunswick County counts 55,316 hogs, 1,769 egg-laying hens and 1,676 head of cattle.

About 432 people run or help run farms in Brunswick County, with an average age of 56. 34% of them are women. 50 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Brunswick County stands out: it ranks #11 of 89 NC counties for selling food straight to the public.