PITT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Pitt County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Greenville, Ayden and Fountain. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Pitt County by the Numbers

Pitt County has 367 farms on 151,433 acres (about 413 acres each). Together they sold $366.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, poultry & eggs and soybeans.

Local fields produce cucumbers and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 517 honey bee colonies.

27 farms in Pitt County already sell straight to the public, about $149,000 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 Pitt County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Pitt County counts 258,069 hogs, 3,373 head of cattle and 1,180 egg-laying hens.

About 609 people run or help run farms in Pitt County, with an average age of 56. 34% of them are women. 74 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Pitt County stands out: it ranks #13 of 98 NC counties for total farm sales and #17 of 90 NC counties for honey bee colonies.