CHOWAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Chowan County? Backyard growers and small farms around Edenton, and Tyner list it here. 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 Chowan County by the Numbers

Chowan County has 134 farms on 73,439 acres (about 548 acres each). Together they sold $86.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, vegetables and soybeans.

Local fields produce watermelons, sweet potatoes, sweet corn and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 39 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Chowan County already sell straight to the public. 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 Chowan County

Chowan County farms and homesteads keep 826 head of cattle, 174 sheep and 118 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 231 people run or help run farms in Chowan County, with an average age of 54. 20% of them are women. 34 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.