OCONEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Oconee County? Backyard growers and small farms around Fair Play, Long Creek and Salem list it here. Watch for local collard greens when it comes into season in South Carolina. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Oconee County by the Numbers

Oconee County has 778 farms on 61,599 acres (about 79 acres each). Together they sold $192.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, squash and okra. Beekeepers tend about 528 honey bee colonies.

56 farms in Oconee County already sell straight to the public, about $222,000 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 Oconee County

Oconee County farms and homesteads keep 32,733 egg-laying hens, 11,439 head of cattle and 1,022 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,327 people run or help run farms in Oconee County, with an average age of 59. 38% of them are women. 112 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 21 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Oconee County stands out: it ranks #7 of 46 SC counties for number of farms and #8 of 46 SC counties for total farm sales.