YORK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in York County? Backyard growers and small farms around Rock Hill, Catawba and Sharon list it here. South Carolina favorites like peaches and sweet potatoes show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in York County by the Numbers

York County has 983 farms on 105,092 acres (about 107 acres each). Together they sold $127 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, poultry & eggs and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, pecans and apples, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet corn, pumpkins and squash. Beekeepers tend about 700 honey bee colonies.

84 farms in York County already sell straight to the public, about $2.8 million 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 York County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, York County counts 448,050 turkeys, 14,245 head of cattle and 4,880 egg-laying hens.

About 1,628 people run or help run farms in York County, with an average age of 60. 36% of them are women. 105 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 28 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where York County stands out: it ranks #3 of 44 SC counties for selling food straight to the public and #4 of 46 SC counties for number of farms.