CRAIG COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in New Castle, and Paint Bank buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Virginia favorites like apples and peanuts show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Craig County by the Numbers

Craig County has 186 farms on 45,890 acres (about 247 acres each). Together they sold $7.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and tart cherries. Beekeepers tend about 51 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Craig County already sell straight to the public, about $76,000 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 Craig County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Craig County counts 8,125 head of cattle, 510 egg-laying hens and 140 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 326 people run or help run farms in Craig County, with an average age of 63. 39% of them are women. 21 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.