KING WILLIAM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Aylett, King William and and West Point buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in King William County by the Numbers

King William County has 122 farms on 57,926 acres (about 475 acres each). Together they sold $28.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and wheat.

Local fields produce watermelons, tomatoes, chile peppers and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 122 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in King William County already sell straight to the public, about $1.1 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 King William County

King William County farms and homesteads keep 1,821 head of cattle, 1,276 egg-laying hens and 211 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 207 people run or help run farms in King William County, with an average age of 55. 40% of them are women. 17 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.