MACON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Macon County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Franklin, Highlands and and Topton. North Carolina favorites like sweet potatoes and blueberries show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Macon County by the Numbers

Macon County has 346 farms on 21,973 acres (about 64 acres each). Together they sold $6.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, vegetables and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, potatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 395 honey bee colonies.

46 farms in Macon County already sell straight to the public, about $472,000 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 Macon County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Macon County counts 3,876 head of cattle, 1,632 egg-laying hens and 297 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 625 people run or help run farms in Macon County, with an average age of 56. 38% of them are women. 75 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.