BUCHANAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Buchanan County? Backyard growers and small farms around Breaks, Conaway and Keen Mountain list it here. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Virginia. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Buchanan County by the Numbers

Buchanan County has 88 farms on 8,501 acres (about 97 acres each). Together they sold $543,000 of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow sweet cherries, peaches and walnuts, and local fields produce potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 58 honey bee colonies.

1 farms in Buchanan 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 Buchanan County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 536 head of cattle, 217 sheep and 210 egg-laying hens in Buchanan County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 153 people run or help run farms in Buchanan County, with an average age of 60. 27% of them are women. 11 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.