BEAUFORT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Beaufort County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Hilton Head Isla, Bluffton and Sheldon. Watch for local pecans when it comes into season in South Carolina. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Beaufort County by the Numbers

Beaufort County has 101 farms on 36,074 acres (about 357 acres each). Together they sold $23.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, aquaculture and fruit & nuts.

Local fields produce sweet corn, collard greens, pumpkins and okra. Beekeepers tend about 30 honey bee colonies.

18 farms in Beaufort County already sell straight to the public, about $691,000 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 Beaufort County

Beaufort County farms and homesteads keep 1,266 egg-laying hens, 427 head of cattle and 330 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 173 people run or help run farms in Beaufort County, with an average age of 60. 32% of them are women. 15 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.