JEFFERSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Charles Town, Harpers Ferry and Shenandoah Junct buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local maple syrup when it comes into season in West Virginia. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Jefferson County by the Numbers

Jefferson County has 520 farms on 60,434 acres (about 116 acres each). Together they sold $40.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and hazelnuts, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, potatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 181 honey bee colonies.

47 farms in Jefferson County already sell straight to the public, about $406,000 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 Jefferson County

Jefferson County farms and homesteads keep 9,241 head of cattle, 1,994 egg-laying hens and 1,320 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 882 people run or help run farms in Jefferson County, with an average age of 59. 38% of them are women. 47 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Jefferson County stands out: it ranks #3 of 51 WV counties for selling food straight to the public and #6 of 55 WV counties for total farm sales.