BERKELEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Alvin, Bethera and Huger buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Berkeley County by the Numbers

Berkeley County has 330 farms on 78,741 acres (about 239 acres each). Together they sold $4 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, corn and vegetables.

Local fields produce tomatoes, okra, collard greens and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 710 honey bee colonies.

33 farms in Berkeley County already sell straight to the public, about $670,000 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 Berkeley County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,476 egg-laying hens, 496 head of cattle and 495 goats in Berkeley County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 527 people run or help run farms in Berkeley County, with an average age of 56. 37% of them are women. 50 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Berkeley County stands out: it ranks #6 of 39 SC counties for honey bee colonies.