CALHOUN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Calhoun County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Arnoldsburg, Big Bend and Millstone. West Virginia favorites like maple syrup and honey show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Calhoun County by the Numbers

Calhoun County has 263 farms on 60,814 acres (about 231 acres each). Together they sold $3.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and peaches, and local fields produce potatoes, cucumbers, turnips and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 77 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Calhoun County already sell straight to the public, about $34,000 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 Calhoun County

Calhoun County farms and homesteads keep 3,088 head of cattle, 1,171 egg-laying hens and 582 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 439 people run or help run farms in Calhoun County, with an average age of 56. 35% of them are women. 56 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.