MADISON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Aroda to Haywood, Madison County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Madison County by the Numbers

Madison County has 447 farms on 99,536 acres (about 223 acres each). Together they sold $39.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, collard greens and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 106 honey bee colonies.

39 farms in Madison County already sell straight to the public, about $3.1 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 Madison County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Madison County counts 21,110 turkeys, 19,127 head of cattle and 1,661 egg-laying hens.

About 806 people run or help run farms in Madison County, with an average age of 59. 38% of them are women. 66 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Madison County stands out: it ranks #9 of 87 VA counties for selling food straight to the public.