ESSEX COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Essex County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Caret, Center Cross and Laneview. 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 Essex County by the Numbers

Essex County has 99 farms on 59,380 acres (about 600 acres each). Together they sold $41.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and wheat.

Local fields produce cucumbers, potatoes, pumpkins and kale. Beekeepers tend about 75 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Essex County already sell straight to the public, about $406,000 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 Essex County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,129 head of cattle, 323 egg-laying hens and 190 goats in Essex County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 172 people run or help run farms in Essex County, with an average age of 58. 31% of them are women. 10 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.