WAYNE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Wayne County? Backyard growers and small farms around Ceredo, Cove Gap and Fort Gay list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Wayne County by the Numbers

Wayne County has 216 farms on 32,139 acres (about 149 acres each). Together they sold $1.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, cattle and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce green beans, tomatoes, sweet corn and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 415 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Wayne County already sell straight to the public, about $74,000 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 Wayne County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Wayne County counts 1,506 head of cattle, 1,357 egg-laying hens and 144 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 381 people run or help run farms in Wayne County, with an average age of 60. 30% of them are women. 23 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 Wayne County stands out: it ranks #9 of 50 WV counties for honey bee colonies.