PUTNAM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Putnam County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in West Virginia for Bancroft, Buffalo and Hurricane. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Putnam County by the Numbers

Putnam County has 648 farms on 64,682 acres (about 100 acres each). Together they sold $7.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce green beans, tomatoes, bell peppers and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 512 honey bee colonies.

36 farms in Putnam County already sell straight to the public, about $125,000 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 Putnam County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 4,613 head of cattle, 3,700 egg-laying hens and 501 horses and ponies in Putnam County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,171 people run or help run farms in Putnam County, with an average age of 56. 37% of them are women. 112 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Putnam County stands out: it ranks #6 of 50 WV counties for honey bee colonies and #10 of 55 WV counties for number of farms.