PATRICK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Patrick County? Backyard growers and small farms around Ararat, Claudville and Stuart list it here. 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 Patrick County by the Numbers

Patrick County has 452 farms on 70,893 acres (about 157 acres each). Together they sold $15.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, fruit & nuts and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce cucumbers, tomatoes, chile peppers and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 434 honey bee colonies.

26 farms in Patrick County already sell straight to the public, about $150,000 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 Patrick County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 10,877 head of cattle, 851 egg-laying hens and 450 goats in Patrick County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 735 people run or help run farms in Patrick County, with an average age of 60. 36% of them are women. 59 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Patrick County stands out: it ranks #17 of 92 VA counties for honey bee colonies.