ORANGE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Orange County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Burnleys, Burr Hill and Montpelier Stati. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Orange County by the Numbers

Orange County has 430 farms on 103,983 acres (about 242 acres each). Together they sold $141.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, poultry & eggs and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes, watermelons, squash and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 241 honey bee colonies.

28 farms in Orange County already sell straight to the public. 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 Orange County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Orange County counts 142,401 turkeys, 18,347 head of cattle and 3,887 egg-laying hens.

About 777 people run or help run farms in Orange County, with an average age of 59. 42% of them are women. 70 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Orange County stands out: it ranks #6 of 98 VA counties for total farm sales and #12 of 91 VA counties for goats.