CRAVEN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From New Bern to Havelock, Craven County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in North Carolina. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Craven County by the Numbers

Craven County has 292 farms on 100,825 acres (about 345 acres each). Together they sold $92.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and persimmons, and local fields produce pumpkins, squash, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 427 honey bee colonies.

40 farms in Craven County already sell straight to the public, about $60,000 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 Craven County

Craven County farms and homesteads keep 54,095 hogs, 3,332 head of cattle and 1,674 egg-laying hens.

About 471 people run or help run farms in Craven County, with an average age of 56. 31% of them are women. 39 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.