ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY MARKET

Isle of Wight County, Virginia Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Isle of Wight County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Battery Park, Carrollton and and Zuni. Virginia favorites like sweet potatoes and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Isle of Wight County by the Numbers

Isle of Wight County has 212 farms on 80,316 acres (about 379 acres each). Together they sold $73.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, hogs and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, collard greens and sweet potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 118 honey bee colonies.

23 farms in Isle of Wight County already sell straight to the public, about $431,000 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 Isle of Wight County

Isle of Wight County farms and homesteads keep 23,179 hogs, 2,967 head of cattle and 1,515 egg-laying hens.

About 403 people run or help run farms in Isle of Wight County, with an average age of 55. 33% of them are women. 37 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Isle of Wight County stands out: it ranks #15 of 98 VA counties for total farm sales.