TAZEWELL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Tazewell County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Amonate, Bandy and Broadford. Watch for local apples 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 Tazewell County by the Numbers

Tazewell County has 500 farms on 123,581 acres (about 247 acres each). Together they sold $25.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and sweet cherries, and local fields produce potatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 231 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Tazewell County already sell straight to the public, about $83,000 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 Tazewell County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Tazewell County counts 26,632 head of cattle, 3,584 sheep and 1,860 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 877 people run or help run farms in Tazewell County, with an average age of 56. 34% of them are women. 100 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Tazewell County stands out: it ranks #8 of 91 VA counties for goats.