FAIRFIELD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Blair to and Winnsboro, Fairfield County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. South Carolina favorites like sweet potatoes and collard greens show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Fairfield County by the Numbers

Fairfield County has 252 farms on 61,009 acres (about 242 acres each). Together they sold $31.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and apples. Beekeepers tend about 141 honey bee colonies.

18 farms in Fairfield County already sell straight to the public, about $92,000 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 Fairfield County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 240,694 turkeys, 3,266 head of cattle and 1,489 egg-laying hens in Fairfield County.

About 429 people run or help run farms in Fairfield County, with an average age of 58. 38% of them are women. 45 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.