NEW KENT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Barhamsville, Lanexa and and Quinton buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Virginia favorites like tomatoes and sweet potatoes show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in New Kent County by the Numbers

New Kent County has 112 farms on 21,533 acres (about 192 acres each). Together they sold $10.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, persimmons and pawpaws, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn and watermelons.

14 farms in New Kent County already sell straight to the public, about $2.8 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 New Kent County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 941 egg-laying hens, 172 head of cattle and 140 sheep in New Kent County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 180 people run or help run farms in New Kent County, with an average age of 62. 42% of them are women. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where New Kent County stands out: it ranks #10 of 87 VA counties for selling food straight to the public.