PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Prince William County? Backyard growers and small farms around Dale City, Dumfries and Triangle list it here. Virginia favorites like tomatoes and sweet potatoes show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Prince William County by the Numbers

Prince William County has 316 farms on 20,388 acres (about 65 acres each). Together they sold $10.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, soybeans and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, peaches and sweet cherries, and local fields produce sweet potatoes, tomatoes, chile peppers and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 282 honey bee colonies.

54 farms in Prince William County already sell straight to the public, about $311,000 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 William County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 2,345 egg-laying hens, 1,542 head of cattle and 983 horses and ponies in Prince William County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 591 people run or help run farms in Prince William County, with an average age of 58. 41% of them are women. 30 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.