BUCKINGHAM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Buckingham County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Virginia for Arvonia, Buckingham and and Sprouses Corner. Watch for local peanuts when it comes into season in Virginia. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Buckingham County by the Numbers

Buckingham County has 375 farms on 80,900 acres (about 216 acres each). Together they sold $57 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hogs and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and peaches, and local fields produce potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 307 honey bee colonies.

27 farms in Buckingham County already sell straight to the public, about $193,000 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 Buckingham County

Buckingham County farms and homesteads keep 18,880 hogs, 12,397 head of cattle and 694 goats.

About 650 people run or help run farms in Buckingham County, with an average age of 62. 40% of them are women. 49 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Buckingham County stands out: it ranks #19 of 91 VA counties for goats.