GRANT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Grant County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Cabins, Dorcas and Mount Storm. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Grant County by the Numbers

Grant County has 478 farms on 116,264 acres (about 243 acres each). Together they sold $59.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and pears, and local fields produce turnips, sweet corn, potatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 194 honey bee colonies.

21 farms in Grant County already sell straight to the public, about $98,000 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 Grant County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 196,104 egg-laying hens, 12,663 head of cattle and 877 sheep in Grant County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 830 people run or help run farms in Grant County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 89 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Grant County stands out: it ranks #3 of 54 WV counties for egg-laying hens and #4 of 55 WV counties for total farm sales.