VANCE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Vance County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Henderson, Kittrell and and Townsville. North Carolina favorites like blueberries and strawberries show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Vance County by the Numbers

Vance County has 170 farms on 38,231 acres (about 225 acres each). Together they sold $12.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by tobacco, soybeans and Christmas trees.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, cucumbers and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 28 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Vance County already sell straight to the public, about $37,000 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 Vance County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Vance County counts 1,021 egg-laying hens, 895 head of cattle and 438 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 280 people run or help run farms in Vance County, with an average age of 62. 39% of them are women. 10 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.