ALLEGHANY COUNTY MARKET

Alleghany County, Virginia Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 This is the Alleghany County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Virginia for Alleghany, Iron Gate and and Selma. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Alleghany County by the Numbers

Alleghany County has 165 farms on 31,836 acres (about 193 acres each). Together they sold $3.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cattle and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts, plums and pears. Beekeepers tend about 12 honey bee colonies.

3 farms in Alleghany County already sell straight to the public. 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 Alleghany County

Alleghany County farms and homesteads keep 2,898 head of cattle, 750 egg-laying hens and 209 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 279 people run or help run farms in Alleghany County, with an average age of 62. 37% of them are women. 14 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.