BEDFORD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bedford, Big Island and Goodview buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Virginia favorites like tomatoes and sweet potatoes show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Bedford County by the Numbers

Bedford County has 1,183 farms on 183,200 acres (about 155 acres each). Together they sold $29.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, potatoes, chile peppers and onions. Beekeepers tend about 548 honey bee colonies.

87 farms in Bedford County already sell straight to the public, about $1.2 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 Bedford County

Bedford County farms and homesteads keep 38,626 head of cattle, 5,634 egg-laying hens and 1,542 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,007 people run or help run farms in Bedford County, with an average age of 61. 37% of them are women. 116 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Bedford County stands out: it ranks #5 of 98 VA counties for number of farms and #9 of 92 VA counties for honey bee colonies.