DORCHESTER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Dorchester County? Backyard growers and small farms around Summerville, Charleston and Ridgeville list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Dorchester County by the Numbers

Dorchester County has 363 farms on 79,233 acres (about 218 acres each). Together they sold $49.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cotton and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow oranges, persimmons and figs, and local fields produce sweet corn, cucumbers, watermelons and collard greens. Beekeepers tend about 381 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Dorchester County already sell straight to the public, about $296,000 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 Dorchester County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Dorchester County counts 21,714 egg-laying hens, 1,959 head of cattle and 625 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 591 people run or help run farms in Dorchester County, with an average age of 60. 33% of them are women. 52 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.

Where Dorchester County stands out: it ranks #8 of 37 SC counties for egg-laying hens.