TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Transylvania County? Backyard growers and small farms around Balsam Grove, Brevard and Pisgah Forest list it here. 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 Transylvania County by the Numbers

Transylvania County has 142 farms on 11,537 acres (about 81 acres each). Together they sold $9.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, aquaculture and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, cucumbers, potatoes and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 107 honey bee colonies.

13 farms in Transylvania County already sell straight to the public, about $258,000 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 Transylvania County

Transylvania County farms and homesteads keep 1,269 egg-laying hens, 1,039 head of cattle and 206 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 230 people run or help run farms in Transylvania County, with an average age of 61. 39% of them are women. 14 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.