CHESTER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Blackstock to Lando, Chester County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Chester County by the Numbers

Chester County has 557 farms on 114,795 acres (about 206 acres each). Together they sold $38 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, grapes and apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, watermelons and okra. Beekeepers tend about 489 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Chester County already sell straight to the public, about $431,000 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 Chester County

Chester County farms and homesteads keep 99,702 turkeys, 49,320 egg-laying hens and 13,792 head of cattle.

About 878 people run or help run farms in Chester County, with an average age of 59. 34% of them are women. 57 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Chester County stands out: it ranks #6 of 37 SC counties for egg-laying hens.