WIRT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Wirt County? Backyard growers and small farms around Brohard, Elizabeth and and Palestine list it here. West Virginia favorites like apples and peaches show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Wirt County by the Numbers

Wirt County has 288 farms on 47,200 acres (about 164 acres each). Together they sold $3.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and apples, and local fields produce green beans, potatoes and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 147 honey bee colonies.

18 farms in Wirt County already sell straight to the public, about $65,000 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 Wirt County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Wirt County counts 4,547 head of cattle, 1,029 egg-laying hens and 315 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 478 people run or help run farms in Wirt County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 43 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.