KING GEORGE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in King George County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Dahlgren, and King George. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Virginia. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in King George County by the Numbers

King George County has 169 farms on 34,854 acres (about 206 acres each). Together they sold $15 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 122 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in King George 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 George County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,732 head of cattle, 769 egg-laying hens and 433 horses and ponies in King George County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 288 people run or help run farms in King George County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 28 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.