SHENANDOAH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Shenandoah County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Basye, Conicville and Maurertown. 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 Shenandoah County by the Numbers

Shenandoah County has 859 farms on 120,653 acres (about 140 acres each). Together they sold $224.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, pears and sweet cherries, and local fields produce potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers and broccoli. Beekeepers tend about 238 honey bee colonies.

64 farms in Shenandoah County already sell straight to the public, about $2.8 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 Shenandoah County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 360,246 turkeys, 59,400 egg-laying hens and 31,990 head of cattle in Shenandoah County.

About 1,530 people run or help run farms in Shenandoah County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 113 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 20 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Shenandoah County stands out: it ranks #2 of 91 VA counties for goats and #4 of 98 VA counties for total farm sales.