HANOVER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Ashland to Montpelier, Hanover 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. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Hanover County by the Numbers

Hanover County has 512 farms on 91,864 acres (about 179 acres each). Together they sold $63.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, watermelons, tomatoes and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 221 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Hanover County already sell straight to the public, about $2.2 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 Hanover County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Hanover County counts 7,077 head of cattle, 1,451 egg-laying hens and 1,194 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 876 people run or help run farms in Hanover County, with an average age of 60. 38% of them are women. 66 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 26 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Hanover County stands out: it ranks #14 of 87 VA counties for selling food straight to the public and #20 of 98 VA counties for total farm sales.