CHATHAM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Chatham County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bear Creek, Bennett and Pittsboro. North Carolina favorites like strawberries and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Chatham County by the Numbers

Chatham County has 1,076 farms on 114,051 acres (about 106 acres each). Together they sold $339.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pears, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet potatoes, watermelons and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 524 honey bee colonies.

106 farms in Chatham County already sell straight to the public, about $1.2 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 Chatham County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 248,744 egg-laying hens, 30,497 head of cattle and 1,792 sheep in Chatham County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,841 people run or help run farms in Chatham County, with an average age of 58. 39% of them are women. 155 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 24 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Chatham County stands out: it ranks #2 of 100 NC counties for number of farms and #8 of 92 NC counties for goats.