PULASKI COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Pulaski County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Allisonia, Belspring and and Pulaski. Virginia favorites like sweet potatoes and apples 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 Pulaski County by the Numbers

Pulaski County has 390 farms on 74,264 acres (about 190 acres each). Together they sold $30.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, lettuce, green beans and asparagus. Beekeepers tend about 153 honey bee colonies.

21 farms in Pulaski County already sell straight to the public, about $46,000 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 Pulaski County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Pulaski County counts 28,358 head of cattle, 3,426 sheep and 2,669 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 720 people run or help run farms in Pulaski County, with an average age of 56. 34% of them are women. 92 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.