UNION COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Monroe to and Wingate, Union County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in North Carolina. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Union County by the Numbers

Union County has 882 farms on 212,066 acres (about 240 acres each). Together they sold $591.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, soybeans and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, bell peppers and squash. Beekeepers tend about 929 honey bee colonies.

71 farms in Union 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 Union County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,366,901 turkeys, 17,095 head of cattle and 1,116 horses and ponies in Union County.

About 1,448 people run or help run farms in Union County, with an average age of 60. 37% of them are women. 104 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Union County stands out: it ranks #6 of 98 NC counties for total farm sales and #7 of 90 NC counties for honey bee colonies.