AUGUSTA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Churchville, Craigsville and Greenville buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Augusta County by the Numbers

Augusta County has 1,460 farms on 243,974 acres (about 167 acres each). Together they sold $448.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers and squash. Beekeepers tend about 592 honey bee colonies.

105 farms in Augusta County already sell straight to the public, about $3.5 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 Augusta County

Augusta County farms and homesteads keep 1,320,971 turkeys, 134,098 egg-laying hens and 86,078 head of cattle.

About 2,618 people run or help run farms in Augusta County, with an average age of 57. 38% of them are women. 268 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 27 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Augusta County stands out: it ranks #2 of 98 VA counties for number of farms and #2 of 98 VA counties for total farm sales.