LUNENBURG COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Kenbridge, Lunenburg and and Victoria buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Lunenburg County by the Numbers

Lunenburg County has 299 farms on 69,485 acres (about 232 acres each). Together they sold $14.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by tobacco, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and peaches. Beekeepers tend about 40 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Lunenburg County already sell straight to the public, about $286,000 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 Lunenburg County

Lunenburg County farms and homesteads keep 6,155 head of cattle, 1,017 egg-laying hens and 532 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 500 people run or help run farms in Lunenburg County, with an average age of 62. 37% of them are women. 27 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.