PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Prince Edward County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Farmville, Green Bay and Prospect. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Prince Edward County by the Numbers

Prince Edward County has 323 farms on 56,228 acres (about 174 acres each). Together they sold $22.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and pears, and local fields produce potatoes, squash, sweet potatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 38 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Prince Edward County already sell straight to the public, about $276,000 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 Prince Edward County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 8,732 head of cattle, 1,098 egg-laying hens and 451 goats in Prince Edward County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 538 people run or help run farms in Prince Edward County, with an average age of 63. 39% of them are women. 34 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.