LEXINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Lexington County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in West Columbia, Lexington and Columbia. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Lexington County by the Numbers

Lexington County has 822 farms on 79,450 acres (about 97 acres each). Together they sold $331.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and pears, and local fields produce tomatoes, turnips, okra and green peas. Beekeepers tend about 1,154 honey bee colonies.

41 farms in Lexington County already sell straight to the public, about $320,000 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 Lexington County

Lexington County farms and homesteads keep 4,921 head of cattle, 3,024 goats and 983 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,451 people run or help run farms in Lexington County, with an average age of 59. 40% of them are women. 120 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 Lexington County stands out: it ranks #1 of 46 SC counties for goats and #2 of 46 SC counties for total farm sales.