WASHINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Abingdon, Bristol and Meadowview buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Washington County by the Numbers

Washington County has 1,358 farms on 169,761 acres (about 125 acres each). Together they sold $94.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and sweet cherries, and local fields produce potatoes, squash, tomatoes and fresh herbs. Beekeepers tend about 251 honey bee colonies.

56 farms in Washington County already sell straight to the public, about $443,000 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 Washington County

Washington County farms and homesteads keep 64,483 head of cattle, 4,474 sheep and 1,559 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,246 people run or help run farms in Washington County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 139 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Washington County stands out: it ranks #3 of 98 VA counties for number of farms and #3 of 91 VA counties for goats.