LINCOLN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Boger City to and Vale, Lincoln 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. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Lincoln County by the Numbers

Lincoln County has 552 farms on 49,038 acres (about 89 acres each). Together they sold $102.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, dairy (milk) and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes, watermelons, sweet potatoes and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 164 honey bee colonies.

34 farms in Lincoln County already sell straight to the public, about $497,000 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 Lincoln County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Lincoln County counts 14,398 head of cattle, 779 horses and ponies and 575 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 896 people run or help run farms in Lincoln County, with an average age of 60. 31% of them are women. 47 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.