RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Rappahannock County? Backyard growers and small farms around Castleton, Flint Hill and and Woodville list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Rappahannock County by the Numbers

Rappahannock County has 399 farms on 66,894 acres (about 168 acres each). Together they sold $12.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, fruit & nuts and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce tomatoes, green onions and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 527 honey bee colonies.

53 farms in Rappahannock County already sell straight to the public, about $10.7 million 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 Rappahannock County

Rappahannock County farms and homesteads keep 11,924 head of cattle, 2,494 egg-laying hens and 763 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 729 people run or help run farms in Rappahannock County, with an average age of 61. 42% of them are women. 54 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 Rappahannock County stands out: it ranks #4 of 87 VA counties for selling food straight to the public and #11 of 92 VA counties for honey bee colonies.