MARION COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Barrackville, Carolina and Grant Town buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in West Virginia. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Marion County by the Numbers

Marion County has 611 farms on 50,594 acres (about 83 acres each). Together they sold $3.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and pawpaws, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, tomatoes and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 144 honey bee colonies.

65 farms in Marion County already sell straight to the public, about $166,000 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 Marion County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Marion County counts 3,997 head of cattle, 3,051 egg-laying hens and 591 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,016 people run or help run farms in Marion County, with an average age of 59. 38% of them are women. 93 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Marion County stands out: it ranks #10 of 51 WV counties for selling food straight to the public.