BUNCOMBE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Buncombe County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in North Carolina for Asheville, Alexander and Candler. North Carolina favorites like blueberries and strawberries show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Buncombe County by the Numbers

Buncombe County has 1,074 farms on 78,245 acres (about 73 acres each). Together they sold $35.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, dairy (milk) and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and chestnuts, and local fields produce tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 1,217 honey bee colonies.

136 farms in Buncombe County already sell straight to the public, about $2.1 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 Buncombe County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Buncombe County counts 14,004 head of cattle, 5,001 egg-laying hens and 1,026 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,920 people run or help run farms in Buncombe County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 139 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 27 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Buncombe County stands out: it ranks #3 of 100 NC counties for number of farms and #3 of 90 NC counties for honey bee colonies.