CALDWELL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Collettsville, Granite Falls and and Lenoir buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Caldwell County by the Numbers

Caldwell County has 430 farms on 35,964 acres (about 84 acres each). Together they sold $56.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and pecans, and local fields produce sweet corn, green beans, cucumbers and sweet potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 1,091 honey bee colonies.

50 farms in Caldwell County already sell straight to the public, about $602,000 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 Caldwell County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Caldwell County counts 4,929 head of cattle, 293 horses and ponies and 263 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 736 people run or help run farms in Caldwell County, with an average age of 57. 34% of them are women. 46 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Caldwell County stands out: it ranks #4 of 90 NC counties for honey bee colonies.