GREENWOOD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Greenwood to and Ware Shoals, Greenwood County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Greenwood County by the Numbers

Greenwood County has 477 farms on 79,037 acres (about 166 acres each). Together they sold $9.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce cucumbers, tomatoes, squash and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 318 honey bee colonies.

49 farms in Greenwood County already sell straight to the public, about $61,000 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 Greenwood County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Greenwood County counts 9,345 head of cattle, 1,026 goats and 515 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 860 people run or help run farms in Greenwood County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 106 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 18 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.