Local Foods and Farm-Based Fun
Looking for something farm specific? Want to plan a day at the farm? How about a weekly subscription box of locally grown foods? Check out our listings and links to find the items you want and places you should visit.
Did we miss a great opportunity to enjoy farm-based food and fun? Let us know!
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Puckette Farms CSA
Freshly picked produced provided in a weekly subscription box to 4 pickup locations.
Learn more at PucketteFarms.com
**2024 Season is open for business Subscriptions still available.
Farmers Markets (April-October)
Brookneal Farmers Market
Brookneal Community Building Lawn, 261 Main Street, Brookneal
Opening Day: April 13,2024
2nd Saturdays of the month (except September which will be Sept 21st)
9:00am-1:00pm
Contact Market Managers Julie Garrenton (757) 371-5984 or jas.garrenton@gmail.com and Mark Garrenton (757) 620-0934 markgarrenton@gmail.com
Campbell County Farmers Market
Opening day: May 4, 2024
Saturdays 8:00am-12:00pm
Contact Todd Scott, Extension Agent (434) 332-9538 todds08@vt.edu
Market email: thecampbellcountyfarmersmarket@gmail.com
Rustburg Farmers Market
Rustburg Ruritan Club, 200 Colonial Highway Rustburg
Opening Day: April 18th
Thursdays April through October 3:00pm
Market Email: happyhomesteading2020@gmail.com
Pick-Your-Own Produce
Strawberries (April-June: check website for updates)
Blackberries (approximately June-July--check website for updates)
Pumpkin Patches & Corn Mazes and More (Autumn)
Vineyards
DeVault Family Vineyards
247 Station Lane, Concord
Hosts tastings and festivals including the Watermelon Festival in June
Lynchburg Livestock Market (Mondays Year-Round)
For an interesting and educational experience, visit the Livestock Market and get a birds-eye view of the cattle grading and weighing as farmers from Virginia and North Carolina gather to sell livestock each Monday. Meet farmers who raise the beef cattle and strike up a conversation. Live auctions Monday evenings.
Year-Round Farm Stores
Healthy Veterans' Market (Valor Farm)
1056 Wards Road, Altavista
(434) 266-0196
Farm Fresh meat, eggs, produce, and artisan products
Yoders Farm Store
Meats and produce. See website for hours and what's fresh!