MONROE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Ballard, Gap Mills and Pickaway buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. West Virginia favorites like maple syrup and honey show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Monroe County by the Numbers

Monroe County has 864 farms on 141,346 acres (about 164 acres each). Together they sold $26.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, poultry & eggs and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce potatoes, pumpkins, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 155 honey bee colonies.

39 farms in Monroe County already sell straight to the public, about $151,000 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 Monroe County

Monroe County farms and homesteads keep 45,052 turkeys, 24,339 head of cattle and 3,538 egg-laying hens.

About 1,447 people run or help run farms in Monroe County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 145 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 Monroe County stands out: it ranks #4 of 55 WV counties for number of farms and #10 of 55 WV counties for total farm sales.