CAMPBELL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Altavista, Brookneal and Lynch Station 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 Campbell County by the Numbers

Campbell County has 642 farms on 117,078 acres (about 182 acres each). Together they sold $25.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 165 honey bee colonies.

35 farms in Campbell County already sell straight to the public, about $332,000 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 Campbell County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 22,830 head of cattle, 1,962 egg-laying hens and 1,073 sheep in Campbell County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,103 people run or help run farms in Campbell County, with an average age of 60. 32% of them are women. 103 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Campbell County stands out: it ranks #18 of 98 VA counties for number of farms.