SCOTLAND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Gibson, Laurel Hill and and Wagram buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Scotland County by the Numbers

Scotland County has 121 farms on 51,025 acres (about 422 acres each). Together they sold $191.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, collard greens, watermelons and okra.

1 farms in Scotland County already sell straight to the public. 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 Scotland County

Scotland County farms and homesteads keep 749 head of cattle, 234 horses and ponies and 160 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 213 people run or help run farms in Scotland County, with an average age of 54. 30% of them are women. 38 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.