CABARRUS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Concord to and Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Cabarrus County by the Numbers

Cabarrus County has 630 farms on 64,227 acres (about 102 acres each). Together they sold $67.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and figs, and local fields produce pumpkins, squash, tomatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 387 honey bee colonies.

63 farms in Cabarrus County already sell straight to the public, about $1.5 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 Cabarrus County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 10,084 head of cattle, 4,500 hogs and 843 goats in Cabarrus County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,086 people run or help run farms in Cabarrus County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 60 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 Cabarrus County stands out: it ranks #15 of 92 NC counties for goats and #17 of 89 NC counties for selling food straight to the public.