YANCEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Yancey County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Burnsville, Greenmountain and and Micaville. 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 Yancey County by the Numbers

Yancey County has 288 farms on 21,341 acres (about 74 acres each). Together they sold $5.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, potatoes, sweet corn and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 332 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Yancey County already sell straight to the public, about $138,000 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 Yancey County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,239 head of cattle, 1,714 egg-laying hens and 344 sheep in Yancey County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 496 people run or help run farms in Yancey County, with an average age of 56. 34% of them are women. 52 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.