WARREN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Warren County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Browntown, Front Royal and and Linden. 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 Warren County by the Numbers

Warren County has 316 farms on 37,759 acres (about 119 acres each). Together they sold $8.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Local fields produce tomatoes, green onions, potatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 121 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Warren County already sell straight to the public, about $632,000 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 Warren County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 4,885 head of cattle, 1,354 egg-laying hens and 652 horses and ponies in Warren County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 557 people run or help run farms in Warren County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 62 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.