BERKELEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Berkeley County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in West Virginia for Bunker Hill, Cherry Run and Inwood. West Virginia favorites like peaches and maple syrup 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 Berkeley County by the Numbers

Berkeley County has 849 farms on 62,043 acres (about 73 acres each). Together they sold $32.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and chestnuts, and local fields produce potatoes, tomatoes, sweet corn and squash. Beekeepers tend about 766 honey bee colonies.

77 farms in Berkeley County already sell straight to the public, about $507,000 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 Berkeley County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Berkeley County counts 7,466 head of cattle, 5,729 egg-laying hens and 1,096 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,433 people run or help run farms in Berkeley County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 107 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Berkeley County stands out: it ranks #2 of 51 WV counties for selling food straight to the public and #3 of 50 WV counties for honey bee colonies.