AIKEN COUNTY MARKET

Aiken County, South Carolina Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Aiken County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Aiken, Beech Island and Graniteville. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Aiken County by the Numbers

Aiken County has 1,132 farms on 138,479 acres (about 122 acres each). Together they sold $193.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, fruit & nuts and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, pecans and pears, and local fields produce watermelons, sweet corn, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 1,481 honey bee colonies.

96 farms in Aiken County already sell straight to the public, about $184,000 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 Aiken County

Aiken County farms and homesteads keep 9,085 head of cattle, 5,610 horses and ponies and 1,980 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,965 people run or help run farms in Aiken County, with an average age of 57. 43% of them are women. 170 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 22 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Aiken County stands out: it ranks #2 of 39 SC counties for honey bee colonies and #3 of 46 SC counties for number of farms.