FAIRFAX COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Fairfax to Baileys Crossroa, Fairfax County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Fairfax County by the Numbers

Fairfax County has 77 farms on 3,616 acres (about 47 acres each). Together they sold $689,000 of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, peaches and figs, and local fields produce potatoes, bell peppers, squash and radishes. Beekeepers tend about 81 honey bee colonies.

20 farms in Fairfax County already sell straight to the public, about $35,000 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 Fairfax County

Fairfax County farms and homesteads keep 404 egg-laying hens, 298 horses and ponies and 133 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 122 people run or help run farms in Fairfax County, with an average age of 56. 42% of them are women. 2 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.