CLARKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Clarke County? Backyard growers and small farms around Berryville, Boyce and and Millwood list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Clarke County by the Numbers

Clarke County has 421 farms on 50,182 acres (about 119 acres each). Together they sold $16.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, horses and hay & other field crops.

Local fields produce garlic, tomatoes, lettuce and fresh herbs. Beekeepers tend about 418 honey bee colonies.

49 farms in Clarke County already sell straight to the public, about $1.4 million 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 Clarke County

Clarke County farms and homesteads keep 10,686 head of cattle, 2,989 egg-laying hens and 2,166 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 737 people run or help run farms in Clarke County, with an average age of 61. 43% of them are women. 39 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Clarke County stands out: it ranks #18 of 91 VA counties for egg-laying hens and #19 of 92 VA counties for honey bee colonies.