CHARLES CITY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Charles City, Charles City County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Virginia favorites like sweet potatoes and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Charles City County by the Numbers

Charles City County has 84 farms on 33,617 acres (about 400 acres each). Together they sold $22.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and pecans, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet potatoes, kale and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 28 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Charles City County already sell straight to the public, about $395,000 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 Charles City County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 212 egg-laying hens, 130 head of cattle and 129 horses and ponies in Charles City County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 145 people run or help run farms in Charles City County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 20 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.