EDGECOMBE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Edgecombe County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Battleboro, Conetoe and and Tarboro. North Carolina favorites like apples and sweet potatoes 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 Edgecombe County by the Numbers

Edgecombe County has 243 farms on 145,050 acres (about 597 acres each). Together they sold $304.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, vegetables and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and pears, and local fields produce sweet potatoes, potatoes, cabbage and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 505 honey bee colonies.

18 farms in Edgecombe County already sell straight to the public, about $1.6 million 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 Edgecombe County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Edgecombe County counts 89,435 hogs, 5,453 head of cattle and 97 goats.

About 425 people run or help run farms in Edgecombe County, with an average age of 56. 30% of them are women. 55 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Edgecombe County stands out: it ranks #16 of 89 NC counties for selling food straight to the public and #18 of 98 NC counties for total farm sales.