Farms Near Romney, WV

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Arnold Farm has worked Hampshire County ground near Romney since 1938 and now leans on fall agritourism, with pumpkin patches and corn mazes drawing families. Seasonal u-pick produce rounds out the offerings when it's ready. The farm shows up on u-pick directories and Facebook rather than a dedicated website. It's a short drive from Romney in the Eastern Panhandle's South Branch Valley. Call ahead for current hours and what's in season.

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Church View Farm lies outside Romney in Hampshire County, one of the oldest farming valleys in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The South Branch Potomac bottomland around Romney grows corn, hay, and pasture for cattle and sheep. No website turned up for the farm. Contact them directly to learn what they raise and whether they sell at the gate or through the local farmers market.

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Our Mission To provide nutrient dense, high quality food to our customers, while improving the environment using regenerative farming practices.

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Dairy Cows Our cows live on pasture and eat grass and only grass! Our dairy cows obviously produce their own calves, which are fed milk from their mama. As they get older and start eating grass, they're called a "heifer". They remain a heifer for about 2 years until they're ready to get pregnant and start producing milk. We want our cows to have the best health. And to us, this all starts in the soil. The healthier the soil, the healthier the plants, the healthier the cows, the healthier food fo

Romney

Romney's farmers market meets on Heritage Circle in the oldest chartered town in West Virginia, seat of Hampshire County in the South Branch Potomac valley. The fertile bottomlands here have grown crops for generations, and area farmers bring seasonal produce and homemade goods to market through the growing season. It sits in the Eastern Panhandle's Potomac Highlands.

Burlington

Rio

Dollinger Farm is on Briar Lick Road near Rio, in Hampshire County in eastern West Virginia's Potomac Highlands. The area is a mix of wooded ridges and small valley farms between Romney and the Lost River country. It is listed as an agritourism stop.

Augusta

Keyser

Mineral County's farmers market meets along US 220 at the Keyser Assembly of God, just outside Keyser, the county seat on the North Branch of the Potomac. This is Potomac Highlands country near the Maryland line and Cumberland. Area growers bring seasonal produce and homemade goods to a market that runs through the warmer months.

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Old Fields

LaVale

LaVale Farmers' Market operates seasonally at 1262 Vocke Road in the Cumberland area of Allegany County, offering local produce, baked goods, and handcrafted items typical of western Maryland roadside markets. Confirm current vendor lineup and open days directly with the market before visiting.

Cumberland

Canal Place Farmers Market runs Thursday mornings, roughly 9:30 to 1, at the historic canal basin in downtown Cumberland — one stop on the Allegany Farmers Market Association's weekly rotation that also covers the college campus and Frostburg. Produce, herbs, bedding plants, cut flowers, and baked goods fill most of the tables, May through October.

Cumberland

Downtown Cumberland's market takes over Baltimore Street Thursdays, roughly 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., from May through October. Regulars include Mountain Valley Orchard and Rice's Orchard alongside smaller growers from both Maryland and just across the West Virginia line, selling produce, herbs, plants, flowers, and home-baked goods. Its Facebook page has built up nearly 4,000 followers over the years — modest but steady for a small-city market.

Allegany Mountain Fresh sets up on Baltimore Street in downtown Cumberland every Saturday morning, roughly 9:30 to 1, with produce, baked goods, flowers, and artisan crafts from area vendors. It accepts SNAP and EBT, which matters in a city where the closest grocery store isn't always walkable. Part of the same Allegany Farmers Market Association network that runs the Canal Place and college markets.

Cumberland

Allegany College Farmers Market is the Allegany Farmers Market Association's stand at the Allegany College of Maryland campus in Cumberland, open Saturday mornings alongside the group's other stops in Canal Place and Frostburg. Expect a smaller, curated lineup of area farmers and food makers rather than a sprawling market — seasonal fruit, vegetables, and baked goods, spring through fall.

An on-farm market in Wardensville, West Virginia, just across the line from Virginia's Shenandoah Valley near Winchester. It's run by the Farms Work Wonders nonprofit and staffed in part by a local youth Junior Crew. Shelves hold organic produce from the group's own Lewis Farm, baked goods from Mack's Bingo Bakery, house-made drinks, handblown glass from Dakota Glass Works, and regional pantry goods. Open Thursday through Monday, 8am to 8pm.

Wardensville

Capon Bridge

Bear Garden Farms works land near Capon Bridge in Hampshire County, part of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle along the Cacapon River. No website came up for the farm online. This is wooded ridge-and-valley country where small farms run cattle, cut hay, and keep gardens and orchards. Reach out to the farm directly for what they grow or raise and how to buy.

Old Fields

The Leatherman family has farmed this Old Fields ground along US 220 since the 1800s, when George T. Leatherman bought the land. Today they sell farm-fresh produce, beef, and quality hay and silage through an on-farm market and stand. A former strawberry shop still anchors seasonal produce sales, with morning and afternoon pickup windows through the week. Cash and check are accepted.

Yellow Spring

High View

Powder Keg Farms runs a CSA out of High View, in the Eastern Panhandle mountains of Hampshire County near Great North Mountain and the Virginia line. Members sign up for a share of the farm's seasonal harvest, picked up through the growing season. The mailing address is a High View post office box, keeping the farm's exact fields private.

Frostburg

Frostburg's market splits its year: Fridays, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at City Place on Water Street from May through October, then a scaled-back winter version at Mountain City Traditional Arts on Main Street, first and third Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. It's part of the Allegany Mountain Fresh Farmers Markets network, selling locally grown fruit, vegetables, flowers, meat, baked goods, coffee, and soap.

Lost City

This producers' market gathers in the Lost River valley of Hardy County, on Mill Gap Road near Lost River State Park in the Eastern Panhandle mountains. It's a small rural market serving a scenic, thinly settled corner of the Potomac Highlands. Local growers and makers show up on market days through the growing season, roughly late spring into fall.

Bedford

Goodness Grows is on Bedford Valley Road just outside Bedford, in the Allegheny ridge-and-valley country of south-central Pennsylvania. The name and agritourism listing point to a produce or plant grower, though the farm keeps no detailed web presence. Reach out ahead of a visit to confirm what is available and when the farm is open.

Maysville

Every fall the Maysville Volunteer Fire Company runs a Zombie Paintball Hunt as a fundraiser in Grant County. Riders board a wagon, get a mounted paintball marker, and take aim at zombie targets staged through the woods off Lunice Creek Highway. It is a seasonal event, not a working farm, and the proceeds keep the department running. Watch the fire company's Facebook page near Halloween for dates and ticket prices, since the hunt runs only on select October weekends.

A seven-day-a-week farm market on John Marshall Highway (Route 55) in Strasburg, in the northern Shenandoah Valley. Shelves carry hanging baskets, herbs, perennials, and vegetable plants through the growing season, alongside fresh produce and bakery items. It sits just off I-66 and I-81, an easy stop for gardeners and travelers moving through the valley. Open daily, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Marker Miller Orchards works 325 acres of apples and 15 acres of peaches on Cedar Creek Grade southwest of Winchester, plus harder-to-find Virginia fruit like damsons and apricots. The farm market stocks its own produce alongside a bakery known for apple cider donuts and pies, fudge, and hand-dipped ice cream. Pick-your-own runs for blackberries, raspberries, and cut flowers.

Winchester