Farmers Markets & Stands

Farm fresh and local at the Farm Credit Farmers Market located behind the Maxwell Convention Center throughout the season. Enjoy fresh produce, handmade crafts, art, jellies, jams, teas, fragrances and more. Supporting local farmers and artisans throughout Wayne County, NC. Open season for the market is April – November on Fridays from 10 AM to 5:30 PM and Saturday from 9 AM to 2 PM. 

Phone | (919) 731-1520

Enjoy a variety of seasonal crops, including strawberries, corn, tomatoes, beans, melons, pumpkins, and Christmas trees from April through December. This family-run market is a local favorite, bringing you your favorite seasonal produce. Pick your own pumpkins during Fall from their wide varieties, jellies and jams inside the market and holiday favorites throughout the month of December.  

Phone | (919) 778-2381

Owned and operate by Shorty and Lori Phillips since 1984, their original location was across the street and was moved due to the new Hwy 70. Now back with a new location where the first original Country Fruit Stand was started in 1976. Fresh produce is brought in daily from throughout the Eastern seaboard from season to seson. Find seaonal produce, flowers and holiday favorites such as Christmas trees,

Phone | (919) 920-0171

Country Fruit Stand #3 is a family owned and operated business. Country Fruit Stand #3 has been here since 1992. Offering watermelons, cantaloupes, vine-ripe tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, new potatoes, bananas, peaches, strawberries, lettuce, oranges and much more. Bringing you seasonal produce throughout the year alongside holiday favorites such as Christmas trees.

Phone | (919) 429-0019

Delight in a tasteful assortment of provisions ranging from their own local brand of premium Cheshire Pork ribs, bacon, tenderloin, sausage, charcuterie, hams and all cuts of pork to creative gift items to all-natural bath products, locally sourced foods, and of course, North Carolina Pig Flag apparel. Let’s not forget hand-spun Simply Natural Ice Cream and famous milkshakes!

Phone | (919) 222-9496

Since 1927, this family-owned garden center has been the top spot to get some trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, mulches, composts and topsoils. If you are looking for plants for your home garden, as a gift  or as a souvenir, Casey Garden Center has a diverse and beautiful collection that will bring life to your trip to Wayne County. Open year-round and providing for your seasonal gardens.

Phone | (919) 738-2905

Mt. Olive Pickle Company, Inc., located at the Corner of Cucumber & Vine in Mount Olive, North Carolina, was originally founded for the purpose of brining cucumbers to be sold to other pickling firms. Mt. Olive has grown to manufacture the best-selling brand of pickles, peppers and relishes in the U.S.  Mt. Olive, which celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2016, is the #1 pickle brand in the U.S. 

Phone | (800) 672-5041

Nahunta Pork Center is the largest retail center of its kind, not only in the Raleigh, NC and Goldsboro, NC area, but in the entire eastern United States. If you are hungry for delicious pork products, you’ll find all that you’re looking for at Nahunta Pork Center. U sing old-fashioned cooking and curing techniques as well as family recipes. The results are taste and freshness you simply won’t find at the supermarket.

Phone | (919) 242-4735

Fresh and local flowers for your events throughout the year. Brooke’s Fresh Cut Flowers can supply for your wedding, prom and more. Bringing the love of cultivating beautiful flowers and re-creating her childhood experience of growing up on a farm, Find her flowers at local pop-up locations throughout Wayne County throughout the season, at Funky Fresh Donuts and at the Downtown Fresh Market.  Find these fresh cut flowers at the Farm Credit Farmers Market, Thursday through Saturday behind the Maxwell Convention Center.

Phone | (919) 920-9349

JOY Filled Foods, formerly known as Farrell Farms, is a company that produces artisan snack products and seeks to help charities that support children. Farrell Farms was started to support the KW Methodist Children’s Home in La Paz, Bolivia. Due to many factors that could not be controlled, the home had to be closed. This is where Joy Filled Foods comes in. JOY Filled Foods donates 10% of its profits to charities that support children. Find these products at the Farm Credit Farmers Market, Thursday through Saturday behind the Maxwell Convention Center.

Phone | (919) 222-0403

Fresh and local straight from their farm in Goldsboro, North Carolina, High Hill Hacienda sells a variety of products that you can utilize throughout the year in your kitchen. From fresh produce like grapes and blueberries, to fresh, dry and potted herbs, to teas infused with lavendar, orange peels, and more, High Hill Hacienda will have what you need to create new recipes and use the freshest ingrediants while doing so. You can find them throughout the open season  at the Farm Credit Farmers Market, Thursday through Saturday behind the Maxwell Convention Center. 

Phone | (919) 221-5355

Morganically Grown is an independently run small business by plant enthusiast and cultivator, Morgan Dennis. Located in Goldsboro, NC all her plants are propagated in her home greenhouse. Providing consultation, recommendations on your plant wants and needs and guidance on plant care and maintenance, Morganically Grown creates a unique plant buying experience. Contact Morgan Dennis for a visit to the local greenhouse or shop online on her Etsy shop to get your house plant, succulent, cacti and other plants shipped to you directly. 

Email | morganicallygrown.nc@gmail.com

Beekeepers of the Neuse is a bee club based in Goldsboro NC and strives to educate people on Honeybees by providing classes, club meetings, and more. The Beekeepers of the Neuse is a non-profit organization serving Wayne and surrounding counties in Eastern North Carolina.The objective of The Beekeepers of the Neuse organization is to focus on education and charity in all areas of beekeeping.The Beekeepers of the Neuse strive to teach and encourage better methods among the beekeepers of Wayne County and the surrounding area.

Phone | (919) 289-9796

Offering unique heirloom tomatoes, produce and herbs. You can find them throughout the open season  at the Farm Credit Farmers Market, Thursday through Saturday behind the Maxwell Convention Center. 

Phone | (910) 265-3526