DAVIDSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Denton, Lexington and and Thomasville buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Davidson County by the Numbers

Davidson County has 847 farms on 73,655 acres (about 87 acres each). Together they sold $71.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and pawpaws, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, pumpkins and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 261 honey bee colonies.

69 farms in Davidson County already sell straight to the public, about $553,000 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 Davidson County

Davidson County farms and homesteads keep 236,940 egg-laying hens, 9,343 head of cattle and 1,165 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,427 people run or help run farms in Davidson County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 87 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Davidson County stands out: it ranks #7 of 92 NC counties for goats and #12 of 100 NC counties for number of farms.