MOORE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Moore County? Backyard growers and small farms around Aberdeen, Carthage and Pinebluff list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Moore County by the Numbers

Moore County has 802 farms on 106,258 acres (about 132 acres each). Together they sold $238.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and tobacco.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, peaches and apples, and local fields produce watermelons, tomatoes, squash and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 417 honey bee colonies.

70 farms in Moore County already sell straight to the public, about $1.6 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 Moore County

Moore County farms and homesteads keep 37,980 egg-laying hens, 12,032 head of cattle and 1,340 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,365 people run or help run farms in Moore County, with an average age of 58. 40% of them are women. 105 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 34 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Moore County stands out: it ranks #5 of 92 NC counties for goats and #13 of 100 NC counties for number of farms.