DURHAM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Durham County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in North Carolina for Durham, Bahama and and Research Triangl. North Carolina favorites like blueberries and strawberries show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Durham County by the Numbers

Durham County has 212 farms on 16,166 acres (about 76 acres each). Together they sold $11.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and figs, and local fields produce green beans, tomatoes, okra and turnips. Beekeepers tend about 390 honey bee colonies.

64 farms in Durham County already sell straight to the public, about $341,000 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 Durham County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Durham County counts 3,048 head of cattle, 2,659 egg-laying hens and 600 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 414 people run or help run farms in Durham County, with an average age of 54. 44% of them are women. 58 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.