RANDOLPH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Beverly, Coalton and Glady 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. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Randolph County by the Numbers

Randolph County has 385 farms on 83,471 acres (about 217 acres each). Together they sold $9.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, green beans and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 141 honey bee colonies.

33 farms in Randolph County already sell straight to the public, about $123,000 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 Randolph County

Randolph County farms and homesteads keep 6,468 head of cattle, 1,974 egg-laying hens and 760 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 649 people run or help run farms in Randolph County, with an average age of 62. 31% of them are women. 39 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.