HENRY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Henry County? Backyard growers and small farms around Axton, Bassett and Ridgeway list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Henry County by the Numbers

Henry County has 258 farms on 44,869 acres (about 174 acres each). Together they sold $18.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, tobacco and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pears, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet corn, cabbage and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 97 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Henry County already sell straight to the public, about $14,000 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 Henry County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 4,194 head of cattle, 2,108 egg-laying hens and 281 horses and ponies in Henry County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 425 people run or help run farms in Henry County, with an average age of 59. 32% of them are women. 31 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.