PASQUOTANK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Pasquotank County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in North Carolina for Elizabeth City and the rest of Pasquotank County. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Pasquotank County by the Numbers

Pasquotank County has 133 farms on 95,870 acres (about 721 acres each). Together they sold $81.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce potatoes and cabbage.

5 farms in Pasquotank County already sell straight to the public, about $9,000 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 Pasquotank County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 322 head of cattle, 136 egg-laying hens and 60 horses and ponies in Pasquotank County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 221 people run or help run farms in Pasquotank County, with an average age of 57. 25% of them are women. 23 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.