UNION COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Union County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Buffalo, Carlisle and and Union. 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 Union County by the Numbers

Union County has 313 farms on 55,044 acres (about 176 acres each). Together they sold $21.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow plums, pears and persimmons, and local fields produce okra, watermelons, tomatoes and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 321 honey bee colonies.

31 farms in Union County already sell straight to the public, about $84,000 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 Union County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Union County counts 330,132 turkeys, 7,125 head of cattle and 1,156 egg-laying hens.

About 506 people run or help run farms in Union County, with an average age of 59. 34% of them are women. 40 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.