LENOIR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Lenoir County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Deep Run, Kinston and and La Grange. Watch for local blueberries when it comes into season in North Carolina. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Lenoir County by the Numbers

Lenoir County has 352 farms on 136,277 acres (about 387 acres each). Together they sold $389.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hogs and soybeans.

Local fields produce sweet potatoes, cucumbers, sweet corn and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 77 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Lenoir 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 Lenoir County

Lenoir County farms and homesteads keep 870,025 turkeys, 243,415 hogs and 90,522 egg-laying hens.

About 586 people run or help run farms in Lenoir County, with an average age of 59. 25% of them are women. 43 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lenoir County stands out: it ranks #11 of 98 NC counties for total farm sales.