KING AND QUEEN COUNTY MARKET

King and Queen County, Virginia Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in King and Queen County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bruington, Indian Neck and Millers Tavern list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in King and Queen County by the Numbers

King and Queen County has 110 farms on 50,027 acres (about 455 acres each). Together they sold $33 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and aquaculture.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, sweet cherries and pears, and local fields produce green beans. Beekeepers tend about 29 honey bee colonies.

1 farms in King and Queen County already sell straight to the public. 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 King and Queen County

King and Queen County farms and homesteads keep 848 head of cattle, 143 horses and ponies and 123 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 200 people run or help run farms in King and Queen County, with an average age of 58. 30% of them are women. 10 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.