HYDE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Fairfield, Middletown and and Swanquarter buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. North Carolina favorites like sweet potatoes and blueberries show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Hyde County by the Numbers

Hyde County has 123 farms on 112,445 acres (about 914 acres each). Together they sold $170.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cotton.

Local fields produce green beans.

1 farms in Hyde County already sell straight to the public. 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 Hyde County

Hyde County farms and homesteads keep 251 head of cattle. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 247 people run or help run farms in Hyde County, with an average age of 59. 23% of them are women. 26 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.