WILSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Wilson, Black Creek and Sims buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local sweet potatoes when it comes into season in North Carolina. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Wilson County by the Numbers

Wilson County has 207 farms on 126,286 acres (about 610 acres each). Together they sold $238.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, poultry & eggs and tobacco.

Local fields produce sweet potatoes, cucumbers, watermelons and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 232 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Wilson County already sell straight to the public, about $22,000 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 Wilson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,222 head of cattle, 218 horses and ponies and 105 goats in Wilson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 343 people run or help run farms in Wilson County, with an average age of 57. 27% of them are women. 30 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.