CHARLOTTE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Charlotte Court, Cullen and Randolph buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Virginia favorites like apples and peanuts show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Charlotte County by the Numbers

Charlotte County has 393 farms on 116,680 acres (about 297 acres each). Together they sold $31.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, cattle and tobacco.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and pears, and local fields produce tomatoes, green beans, potatoes and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 250 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Charlotte County already sell straight to the public, about $231,000 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 Charlotte County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 13,608 head of cattle, 3,636 egg-laying hens and 522 goats in Charlotte County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 683 people run or help run farms in Charlotte County, with an average age of 61. 35% of them are women. 40 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 Charlotte County stands out: it ranks #16 of 91 VA counties for egg-laying hens.