RICHMOND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Cordova, Ellerbe and and Rockingham buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Richmond County by the Numbers

Richmond County has 261 farms on 57,946 acres (about 222 acres each). Together they sold $354.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hogs and corn.

Local fields produce sweet corn, cantaloupes, cucumbers and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 258 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Richmond County already sell straight to the public, about $56,000 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 Richmond County

Richmond County farms and homesteads keep 80,701 egg-laying hens, 45,050 hogs and 3,746 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 466 people run or help run farms in Richmond County, with an average age of 57. 32% of them are women. 47 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Richmond County stands out: it ranks #14 of 98 NC counties for total farm sales.