NELSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Nelson County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Virginia for Afton, Faber and Montebello. Virginia favorites like peanuts and tomatoes show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Nelson County by the Numbers

Nelson County has 399 farms on 68,566 acres (about 172 acres each). Together they sold $34.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce chile peppers, tomatoes, squash and radishes. Beekeepers tend about 177 honey bee colonies.

62 farms in Nelson County already sell straight to the public, about $6.2 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 Nelson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 10,825 head of cattle, 1,461 egg-laying hens and 605 sheep in Nelson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 714 people run or help run farms in Nelson County, with an average age of 61. 38% of them are women. 41 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 23 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Nelson County stands out: it ranks #6 of 87 VA counties for selling food straight to the public.