LEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Lee County? Backyard growers and small farms around Ben Hur, Dryden and Pennington Gap list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Lee County by the Numbers

Lee County has 629 farms on 89,186 acres (about 142 acres each). Together they sold $15.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, potatoes, green beans and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 232 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Lee County already sell straight to the public, about $116,000 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 Lee County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 19,088 head of cattle, 1,507 egg-laying hens and 1,139 sheep in Lee County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 985 people run or help run farms in Lee County, with an average age of 60. 33% of them are women. 70 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Lee County stands out: it ranks #20 of 98 VA counties for number of farms.