CUMBERLAND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Cumberland County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Fayetteville, Bonnie Doone and Hope Mills. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in North Carolina. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Cumberland County by the Numbers

Cumberland County has 327 farms on 65,919 acres (about 202 acres each). Together they sold $146.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hogs and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and grapes, and local fields produce collard greens, watermelons, pumpkins and eggplant. Beekeepers tend about 214 honey bee colonies.

39 farms in Cumberland County already sell straight to the public, about $165,000 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 Cumberland County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Cumberland County counts 503,772 turkeys, 86,251 hogs and 2,818 head of cattle.

About 506 people run or help run farms in Cumberland County, with an average age of 59. 30% of them are women. 37 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.