KERSHAW COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Kershaw County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bethune, Camden and Lugoff list it here. 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 Kershaw County by the Numbers

Kershaw County has 575 farms on 100,593 acres (about 175 acres each). Together they sold $364.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, soybeans and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, grapes and chestnuts, and local fields produce tomatoes, squash, pumpkins and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 246 honey bee colonies.

33 farms in Kershaw County already sell straight to the public, about $107,000 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 Kershaw County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Kershaw County counts 3,006,140 egg-laying hens, 1,744,814 turkeys and 3,999 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 958 people run or help run farms in Kershaw County, with an average age of 60. 37% of them are women. 50 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 17 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Kershaw County stands out: it ranks #1 of 46 SC counties for total farm sales and #1 of 37 SC counties for egg-laying hens.