DARE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Avon, Buxton and Kill Devil Hills buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Dare County by the Numbers

Dare County has 18 farms on 115 acres (about 6 acres each). Together they sold $525,000 of farm products in 2022, led by aquaculture, nursery & greenhouse plants and vegetables.

Local fields produce cucumbers, tomatoes, watermelons and radishes. Beekeepers tend about 3 honey bee colonies.

4 farms in Dare County already sell straight to the public, about $37,000 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 Dare County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Dare County counts 89 egg-laying hens. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 43 people run or help run farms in Dare County, with an average age of 51. 58% of them are women. 5 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.