HOKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Raeford, Hoke County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Hoke County by the Numbers

Hoke County has 185 farms on 36,788 acres (about 199 acres each). Together they sold $151.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hogs and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, plums and peaches. Beekeepers tend about 98 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Hoke County already sell straight to the public, about $11,000 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 Hoke County

Hoke County farms and homesteads keep 80,751 hogs, 1,535 head of cattle and 734 egg-laying hens.

About 328 people run or help run farms in Hoke County, with an average age of 55. 43% of them are women. 42 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.