COLUMBUS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Columbus County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bolton, Cerro Gordo and Evergreen. 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 Columbus County by the Numbers

Columbus County has 447 farms on 125,177 acres (about 280 acres each). Together they sold $221.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, poultry & eggs and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce sweet potatoes, sweet corn, okra and squash. Beekeepers tend about 181 honey bee colonies.

34 farms in Columbus County already sell straight to the public, about $521,000 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 Columbus County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 219,662 hogs, 5,458 head of cattle and 1,486 egg-laying hens in Columbus County.

About 711 people run or help run farms in Columbus County, with an average age of 60. 26% of them are women. 57 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.