IREDELL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Iredell County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Harmony, Mooresville and and Union Grove. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Iredell County by the Numbers

Iredell County has 894 farms on 119,481 acres (about 134 acres each). Together they sold $171.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), poultry & eggs and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, tomatoes and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 1,014 honey bee colonies.

70 farms in Iredell County already sell straight to the public, about $2.1 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 Iredell County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 291,759 egg-laying hens, 40,002 head of cattle and 1,448 goats in Iredell County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,550 people run or help run farms in Iredell County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 122 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Iredell County stands out: it ranks #3 of 92 NC counties for goats and #6 of 90 NC counties for honey bee colonies.