RANDOLPH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Archdale, Climax and Liberty buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Randolph County by the Numbers

Randolph County has 1,238 farms on 131,301 acres (about 106 acres each). Together they sold $450.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, dairy (milk) and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and apples, and local fields produce tomatoes, pumpkins, sweet corn and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 358 honey bee colonies.

66 farms in Randolph County already sell straight to the public, about $1.2 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 Randolph County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 917,927 egg-laying hens, 43,848 head of cattle and 11,882 hogs in Randolph County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,064 people run or help run farms in Randolph County, with an average age of 57. 32% of them are women. 255 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 17 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Randolph County stands out: it ranks #1 of 100 NC counties for number of farms and #1 of 92 NC counties for goats.