LANCASTER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Lancaster County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Virginia for Irvington, Kilmarnock and and Windmill Point. Watch for local peanuts when it comes into season in Virginia. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Lancaster County by the Numbers

Lancaster County has 54 farms on 9,987 acres (about 185 acres each). Together they sold $8.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and aquaculture.

Local fields produce sweet corn, parsley, green beans and spinach.

7 farms in Lancaster County already sell straight to the public, about $51,000 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 Lancaster County

Lancaster County farms and homesteads keep 434 egg-laying hens, 72 horses and ponies and 55 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 89 people run or help run farms in Lancaster County, with an average age of 61. 40% of them are women. 2 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.