BROOKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Beech Bottom, Bethany and and Windsor Heights buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. West Virginia favorites like apples and peaches show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Brooke County by the Numbers

Brooke County has 75 farms on 10,110 acres (about 135 acres each). Together they sold $2.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Local fields produce cucumbers and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 31 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Brooke County already sell straight to the public, about $103,000 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 Brooke County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Brooke County counts 1,061 head of cattle, 398 egg-laying hens and 158 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 121 people run or help run farms in Brooke County, with an average age of 56. 31% of them are women. 17 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.