ROCKINGHAM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Rockingham County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bergton, Bridgewater and Fulks Run. Watch for local sweet potatoes when it comes into season in Virginia. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Rockingham County by the Numbers

Rockingham County has 1,722 farms on 191,588 acres (about 111 acres each). Together they sold $1.2 billion of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, dairy (milk) and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, grapes and persimmons, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, tomatoes and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 623 honey bee colonies.

137 farms in Rockingham County already sell straight to the public, about $2.3 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 Rockingham County

Rockingham County farms and homesteads keep 2,483,317 turkeys, 641,510 egg-laying hens and 87,565 head of cattle.

About 3,142 people run or help run farms in Rockingham County, with an average age of 55. 38% of them are women. 390 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Rockingham County stands out: it ranks #1 of 98 VA counties for number of farms and #1 of 98 VA counties for total farm sales.