FAYETTE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Fayette County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Alloy, Ansted and Clifftop. West Virginia favorites like maple syrup and honey 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 Fayette County by the Numbers

Fayette County has 280 farms on 30,196 acres (about 108 acres each). Together they sold $7 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and peaches, and local fields produce potatoes, green beans, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 212 honey bee colonies.

21 farms in Fayette County already sell straight to the public, about $120,000 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 Fayette County

Fayette County farms and homesteads keep 2,312 head of cattle, 1,442 egg-laying hens and 660 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 508 people run or help run farms in Fayette County, with an average age of 58. 33% of them are women. 30 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.