PERSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Person County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Hurdle Mills, Rougemont and and Timberlake. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in North Carolina. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Person County by the Numbers

Person County has 364 farms on 88,571 acres (about 243 acres each). Together they sold $46.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by tobacco, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, turnip greens, sweet potatoes and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 137 honey bee colonies.

52 farms in Person County already sell straight to the public, about $630,000 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 Person County

Person County farms and homesteads keep 6,782 head of cattle, 2,313 hogs and 1,475 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 614 people run or help run farms in Person County, with an average age of 59. 32% of them are women. 45 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.