KANAWHA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Kanawha County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in West Virginia for Charleston, South Charleston and Cedar Grove. West Virginia favorites like honey and apples 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 Kanawha County by the Numbers

Kanawha County has 232 farms on 23,024 acres (about 99 acres each). Together they sold $1.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cattle and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pawpaws, and local fields produce potatoes, chile peppers, squash and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 328 honey bee colonies.

23 farms in Kanawha 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 Kanawha County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Kanawha County counts 1,576 egg-laying hens, 1,151 head of cattle and 332 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 398 people run or help run farms in Kanawha County, with an average age of 57. 40% of them are women. 30 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.