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Eat Well Guide® is a free online directory of thousands of family farms, restaurants, and other
outlets for fresh, locally grown food. Originally a database of sustainably-raised meat and dairy
producers, its listings have expanded to include farmers' markets, CSA programs, partner
organizations, water-conscious ratings and vegetarian eateries. Visitors can search by location,
keyword or category to find good food, download customized guides, or plan a trip with the
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Big Mill was selected by BedandBreakfast.com as one of the 10 Best Eco Friendly Inns in the U.S.
Line dried sheets are just one of the ways the folks at Big Mill are Green. Located in Coastal NC on
acres of landscaped grounds, amid 90 year old pecan trees, this perennial favorite getaway is a
favorite of romantics and those who just want to kick back and enjoy life. Featured in the
Washington Post and Our State, this idealized retreat offers "county luxury".
Celebrity Dairy
198 Celebrity Dairy Way, Siler City, NC 27344
Tel: 919-742-5176
Fax: 919-742-1432
Contact: Fleming and Brit Pfann
theinn@celebritydairy.com
http://www.celebritydairy.com
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Situated on a quiet, rural 61-acre working farm, Fickle Creek Farm Bed and Breakfast provides an
ideal retreat into the countryside that's just a short drive west of North Carolina's research triangle.
Guests can enjoy hiking and biking through the woods and trails or they can lounge around the farm
and take view of the everyday processes on a small, sustainable operation that's home to chickens,
goats, pigs, and more.
Two guest rooms are available, both of which have queen beds and private baths. One is in the
main house, and the other is an efficiency apartment with a private entrance and deck. Wake up to a
hearty farm breakfast that's stock full of farm fresh products such as Fickle Creek's own fruits and
vegetables (in season) and pastured eggs.
The owners started Fickle Creek Farm with the objective of creating a system that has minimum
impact on the environment, is sustainable, and includes humane treatment for the animals. All of the
fruits and vegetables are naturally grown without inorganic chemical inputs, the eggs and chicken
come from free-ranging flocks on pasture that never receive hormones, antibiotics, or animal
by-products, and the goat meat and beef are from grass-fed herds.
For more information on rates and reservations, please visit the Fickle Creek Farm
http://home.mebtel.net/~ficklecreekwebsite. The picture features one of Fickle Creek's goats, a
guest room, a Great Pyrenees guard dog, and a view of the farm from the guest room deck.
Over the mountains and through the coves and hollers, past cows, horses and goats lazily grazing
on mountainside pastures, you will find the magical paradise of Frog Holler. Mosey down
lavender-lined pathways through thousands of blooming flowers in the company of butterflies,
hummingbirds and songbirds. You may catch a glimpse of a fairy or angel hiding amongst the acres
of artistically arranged blossoms reminiscent of Italian and Austrian design.
A Magical Farm in the Smoky Mountains where Nature Rejoices...Enjoy the tranquil setting for
Catered Luncheons or any Special Event. Ask about our many educational workshops. Take home
some organic berries, vegetables, cut flowers and herbs. Our goal is to grow the healthiest plants
possible, since we grow the majority of the food we eat.
Frog Holler is also a flower farm with both old-time favorites and the uncommon.
Talk to us about your Dream Garden! We can design and create that special garden for you to
enjoy, whether you want flower gardens, extensive herb gardens or an heirloom fruit tree orchard!
Look for small and large garden statuary amongst the gardens and ponds.
Be sure to check out Frog Holler Helper, our special blend of over 7 types of Composts and
Manures, all aged to perfection. Grow the biggest, healthiest plants possible!
Enjoy the many different types of chickens, including exotic bantams. There are also heritage breed
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The Hawk and Ivy is a holistic BandB retreat on 24 acres with beautiful organic gardens of flowers,
herbs, vegetables, berries, and more. Our gardens are central to everything we do here from the
flower arrangements in the rooms to our gourmet breakfasts and our outdoor weddings. Gardening
and natural foods cooking workshops available.
At Inn on Main Street bed and breakfast near Asheville, North Carolina, owners Dan and Nancy
Ward bring casual hospitality to a century-old Victorian bed and breakfast furnished in lovely
antiques. This romantic air-conditioned bed and breakfast, rated three diamonds by AAA, is located
just 10 minutes north of Asheville, NC, 15 minutes from the Biltmore Estate and a short, scenic drive
below Bull Gap on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Also nearby are whitewater rafting, skiing, golf, trail
rides and the private mineral baths at Hot Springs Spa. If your career keeps you running, try our
B&B alternatives: run a whitewater mountain river in a raft, can or kayak; let your imagination run as
you shop for antiques or crafts; run a golf ball down some of the most beautiful fairways in North
Carolina; take in the latest run of regional drama in Asheville, Mars Hill, Flat Rock or Cherokee; run -
or hike - any of hundreds of nearby mountain trails. Or let your horse do it for you; run back in time
as you tour the Biltmore House and winery; or just run your ts through the cool green grass, sip an
iced tea and read a good book. Whatever your choice, let the Asheville, often misspelled Ashville,
NC area B&B Inn on Main Street treat you to old-time comfort and style. Breakfasts feature
locally-produced, organic food as much as possible.
Lunazeno
50 Peaceful Valley Drive, Leicester, NC 28748
Tel: 828-683-4693
Contact: Zeno and Luna Deberry
http://www.lunazeno.com/
Our place is an organic family garden. We operate as a Bed and Breakfast or vacation rental. We
use our produce and aromatic herbs in Vietnamese and Thai cooking classes. Through these we
introduce the use of vegetables and herbs to prepare healthy and delicious meals.
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stay@mastfarminn.com
http://www.mastfarminn.com
The Mast Farm Inn is a North Carolina mountain inn, bed and breakfast plus dinner, located in
historic Valle Crucis, which has been welcoming guests since the 1800s. While there have been
improvements ” like tubs-for-two, air conditioning, contemporary cuisine and fine wines at the inn ”
the hospitality remains the same, attentive and sincere. Come make yourself at home at the inn in
your choice of bed and breakfast http://www.mastfarminn.com/accommodations/rooms/index.html
rooms or http://www.mastfarminn.com/accommodations/cottages/index.html cabins. The inn is near
Boone and Blowing Rock. Varying styles of rooms and private cottages are available. Please check
our http://www.mastfarminn.com/index.html website for photos and more information.
Enjoy a complimentary two-course gourmet breakfast each morning at the Inn that uses local and
naturally grown produce and eggs. Depending on the season, sit by the fire in one of our
wood-paneled dining rooms or on the terrace by the hill garden. We will have a private table set for
two, or for your larger family or group, if you're traveling with others. Breakfast is chef's choice; you'll
love the surprises that await.
The environmentally sound practices that the Inn follows demonstrate our respect for Mother Earth
and go along with our philosophy of living and working with respect for all parties involved in the
Inn's success: our guests, staff, growers, vendors, and community.
Maverick Farms
410 Justus Road, Valle Crucis, NC 28604
Tel: 828-963-4656
info@maverickfarms.com
Maverick Farms formed in spring 2004 to preserve a small farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of
North Carolina, an area under intense pressure from development. It operates as an open
laboratory, experimenting with human-scale farming techniques and traditional food preparation.
Maverick Farms works to reclaim the pleasures of eating and sharing meals in a culture overrun by
industrial agriculture and flavorless food. The project arose out of Springhouse Farm, which for 30
years sold hand-picked vegetables to local restaurants. Maverick Farms is continuing with that
tradition while embarking on new education and outreach projects to connect local food producers
and consumers.
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Guests will experience the hustle and bustle of life on a working farm, as well as the relaxed
atmosphere we strive to create. Each comfortable guest room is private and most have reading
chairs and desks. There are many sitting areas around the farmhouse and yard to rest and have
conversation (including hammocks by the creek). One of the farm members, Sara Safransky, is a
certified yoga instructor, and offers private yoga classes geared to any level. Breakfasts are made
available and feature selections composed entirely of all-natural, locally-raised products.
Two rooms are available to guests, and the creek and chickens can be heard in the background.
Prices, which are listed on the Maverick Farm "http://www.maverickfarms.com/agritourism.html"
website, are for short visits; (mailto:info@maverickfarms.com" contact us about discounts for longer
stays.
An extraordinary destination spa resort in the charming, historic mountain town of Highlands, North
Carolina. Superb accommodations, excellent cuisine and a world-class spa await you just a few
hours from the busy city.
128 acres of fields, meadows and woodland in Randolph Co. and home to our flock of 200 sheep as
well as a number of Angora goats, llamas, beef cattle and chickens. From three breeds of sheep we
sell breeding stock, lamb fleeces and roving, yarn, sheepskins, blankets and soap. Group tours by
pre-arrangement. Shearing Day (Feb.), Spring Open House (Apr), and Farmfest (Sept) open to the
public.
Suzanne's Farm and Gardens Bed & Breakfast is your people-friendly, pet-friendly home away from
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home. We feature three rooms in our lovely farm house. Amenities include high-speed wireless
access and a big-screen TV, as well as peaceful sitting area and fire pit by the creek. High or low
tech, it's up to you.
You'll have a choice of several different breakfast menus during your stay. One menu might include
freshly baked bread right from the oven, thick cut bacon, and eggs; another option might be
homemade waffles, fruit, and yogurt. Breakfast always includes freshly brewed coffee, or, if you
prefer, espresso, cappuccino, or latte. (These can be made with decaf, too.) Plus herbal and black
teas and juices.
When you check in you'll receive a list of choices for the next morning, as well as your preferred
time of breakfast: 7am, 8am, or 9am.
We strive to use fresh, local products, in-season produce, and specialty items from local farms,
much of which is organically grown. We can accomodate most dietary preferences, including
vegetarian, vegan, low carb, wheat-free, or low fat. Please let us know your needs!
Come share our 24 acres in the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains of Western North Carolina! We
have a wonderful old (http://www.hawkandivy.com/accommodations.html" 1910 farmhouse with a
wraparound porch and private guestrooms. Our
(http://www.hawkandivy.com/accommodations.html" guest cottage has two stories, each with its
own entrance, bath, and full kitchen. The houses are surrounded by gardens of every kind and pots
overflowing with flowers and herbs. Behind the houses are wildflower meadows with 360 degree
views, a small swimming pond, woods, and the Ivy River.
We offer a perfect balance for those who wish to retreat in a rural mountain setting in Barnardsville,
North Carolina, and still want easy access to the restaurants and cultural offerings of Asheville, only
20 minutes away.
The houses present a mixture of simple elegance and country comfort. You will be surrounded by
our family antiques, beautiful paintings, and Eve's lovely flower arrangements. Sleep under fine
linens & down comforters and enjoy our fresh, organic, gourmet breakfasts and homemade breads
served on heirloom china and silver. Eve's gardens provide fresh flowers, fruits, berries, and
vegetables in season.
Take a look at our (http://www.hawkandivy.comwebsite which has pictures and more details, and a
new video highlighting the beautiful grounds and interiors. The Hawk and Ivy brings a unique holistic
health approach to a bed and breakfast setting.
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http://www.celebritydairy.com
Just a short drive from the cities in North Carolina's urban crescent, the Inn at Celebrity Dairy invites
you to experience life lived at the pace of a small family farm.
We invite you to make yourselves at home. Savor the intense flavors of eggs from our free-range
chickens and other seasonal treats from our kitchen or neighbor's gardens. Dairy mornings start
early, but usually by 8:30 the goats are all milked, the milking parlor washdown completed, and the
day's cheesemaking is started. Time for a sitdown break, and our communal breakfast shared alike
by guests and the farm crew.
Signature ingredients of our breakfast fare include (naturally) our own chèvre, and the eggs from
our free range yard chickens. Chèvre regularly appears on the table as a soft fresh Montrachet
style cheese, and as a creamy condiment sweetened with fruit preserves. The supporting cast of
fresh-roasted coffee from Counter Culture - who flatter us with our own coffee blend, too many types
of tea, and seasonal fruits and preserves from our neighbors' gardens overflow the table. Open year
round. Call for more information or check our http://www.celebritydairy.com/index.htm website.
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north carolina guide: butchers
Shepherds Ranch primary goal is to optimize the production of grassfed beef in order to produce
the highest quality product. To achieve this goal, we will focus on raising and producing livestock
that fit the natural environment rather than artificially changing the environment to obtain a
conventional product. It is our objective to have the livestock support the goals and mission of
Shepherds Ranch rather than have Shepherds Ranch artificially support inefficient cattle. The
following guidelines will be utilized to obtain a nutritious, healthy and sustainable consumer product.
To implement and demonstrate agricultural practices that are natural, sustainable, and economically
viable.
To offer only the healthiest grass fed Angus beef possible.
To provide beef with the best flavor and tenderness through strict herd selection.
To gain and maintain consumer confidence in the integrity of our beef.
To be sensitive and respectful of our natural resources.
To provide the local agricultural education community with a resource to allow for students to learn
sustainable natural ranching by actively participating in the process.
Tomahawk Hill Farm is a small family farm near Asheboro, North Carolina. We raise grass-fed beef
on the gently rolling hills of North Carolina's piedmont, on a farm that has been in the family for four
generations.
Tomahawk Hill Farm is a part of a growing movement to offer our community and beyond with
nourishing, taste-full beef that provides the health, environmental and locale benefits that have so
long been associated with family farms. Because we are small, we intimately know and care for our
cows, our land, and our customers.
A variety of breeds make up Tomahawk Hill Farm's herd, including Black Angus, Charolais, and
Senepol, all breeds that have been cultivated over centuries for their excellent meat and their ability
to thrive in the North Carolina piedmont environment. Our cows are raised for their entire lives on
grass and soil that is free from chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
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Bear Berry farm is a first year CSA serving Cashiers, Highlands and Glenville N.C...
Started by Vegetarian Catering Company that uses local Organic food ...After relocating and finding
out there were no local growers we decided to grow our own this year..A tailgate market will be open
to the public on Wednesday and Saturday in Cashiers.We are currently looking for more vendors
for the Farmers Market..
If you are interested in becoming a member of our CSA or being a local vendor at the
market..Please Do contact us for more information.
Wendy is a native and "green" Personal Chef offering her clients meals and parties with menus
using the freshest locally produced foods whenever possible! She will "green" wedding menus too
and offers "green" wedding favors. She is currently working on her new cookbook, The State of the
Plate, with recipes created using products grown and produced here in NC! Wendy is a member of
the "Goodness Grows In NC" program too. For additional information, please visit web site!
Chef Amy Tornquist, who trained at La Varenne in France, and with the legendary Bill Neal at
Crook's Corner in Chapel Hill, first opened her own catering company, Sage and Swift, in 1993, then
the Nasher Museum Cafe in Durham, NC in October 2005. She is known for her seasonal cooking
with locally grown and produced, often organic, foods, and has been featured in Food and Wine
Magazine, the News and Observer and on WUNC-TV, among others.
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We are a bulk, natural and all organic meals home delivery service that covers the Western North
Carolina area. Our gourmet meals are organic, low fat, cholesterol free, vegetarian/vegan and great
tasting. They come to you fresh and ready-to-eat in bulk recyclable containers ready for portioning
out meal servings as you like for lunch or dinner. You get a whole week's worth of food for only
$70.00.
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Chatham Marketplace
480 Hillsboro Street, Suite 320, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tel: (919) 542-2643
Fax: (919) 542-3613
Contact: David Dellea and Mary DeMare
mary@chathammarketplace.coop
http://www.chathammarketplace.com
Chatham Marketplace is a cooperative owned by members of our community. All are welcome to
become market owners by purchasing ownership shares. You do not have to be a co-op owner,
however, to shop at Chatham Marketplace.
Crosscreek Farm
2416 Nile Road, Sparta, NC 28675
Tel: 336-372-8574
Contact: Colette Nester
crosscreekfarm@hotmail.com
http://www.crosscreekfarmnc.com
A family farm in Alleghany County, North Carolina, raising pastured hogs, free range poultry,
grass-fed beef and pygmy goats.
The farm sells it products at Farmers Markets in NC and VA, and has a farm store.
Deep Roots is a natural food cooperative that has been serving the Greensboro N.C. area since
1976. We are committed to bringing our community wholesome, healthy food and supplements, as
well as providing education and information about health and the environment.
Hours of operation are 9am to 8pm, Monday through Saturday, and Sunday, 12pm to 7pm.
Location: Deep Roots Market is located on Spring Garden Street between Holden Road
and the East Wendover Avenue exit, convenient to downtown and easily accessible from all other
areas of the city. Turn off Spring Garden Street onto Cranbrook Street to enter the store parking lot.
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The Durham Co-op Grocery is a living and dynamic institution. It is constantly being shaped through
the participation of all kinds of people - new and familiar, young and old. Staff and members strive to
create a shopping environment that is stimulating, creative, and, overall, friendly and welcoming to
everyone. We'll hope you'll feel at home here!
The co-op, which was founded in 1971, is a rather small operation specializing in bulk”the store
features tons of all-natural and organic herbs, spices, nuts, grains, and more. Organic dairy
products”milk, cheeses, yogurt”are available, as are locally-raised, free-range eggs. Moreover, at
any one time, about 70% of all the produce is local and organic. Customers are more than welcome
to place a special order for anything not carried in-store.
The co-op ds not carry any meat products, although meats are available through the co-op's
partnership with a local CSA. Customers can enroll in the CSA and pick up their all-natural meats at
the co-op on delivery days. For more information, inquire with the store.
Hours of operation are Monday through Saturday, 10am to 8pm and Sunday, 11am to 8pm.
What is the French Broad Food Coop? We are a consumer-owned co-operative--a business owned
by the people who work and shop here; a place where everyone makes a difference. From our days
as a buying club of friends and families in 1975 to the bustling downtown storefront we have today,
the Co-op has been a center for the community and a leader in healthful and natural living.
The French Broad Food Co-Op is about a lot of things, but first and foremost it's about you. You own
it! You shape it! You make it grow! We appreciate your commitment to us from the bottom of our
hearts!
Our vision at the French Broad Food Co-op is to be a transformative force in our community and
world and to serve as a model of a sustainable business alternative that nurtures social and
economic well-being in an environmentally sensitive manner.
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Natural Foods Market and Blue Mountain Cafe. Lots of local and organic food. 100% organic
produce. Great cafe with vegetarian options and hormone free meats.
A community-owned grocery is coming to Fayetteville! Visit our website to learn more about how you
can become involved in bringing this cooperative grocery to life in our community.
Windcrest Farm
518 Greenfield Drive, Monroe, NC 28112
Tel: 704-764-7746
Contact: Mary Roberts
mroberts@windcrestorganics.com
http://www.windcrestorganics.com
Windcrest Farm specializes in organically growing transplants, herbs, and fresh produce. We use
only certified organic, non-genetically altered seeds and grow a variety of fresh produce for market
as well as grow seedlings for family gardens and other market growers. In 2006, we provided over
35 varieties of heirloom tomats and pepper transplants, as well as mixed greens, herbs (plants and
cut), fresh cut flowers, and specialty produce to farmer's market customers, farm friendly families,
and restaurants.
This farming system incorporates organic farming methods (growing crops without the use of
chemicals, pesticides or genetically modified seeds) to produce abundant food without depleting our
earth's resources or polluting the environment and uses practices to replenish and nurture our soil.
Through this agricultural model we can offer you a product with superior taste and nutrition and
leave future generations with fertile and uncontaminated farmland.
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Our Mission
To create, on urban land, beautiful community spaces that produce food in abundance and foster a
learning environment for social justice and sustainability.
Our Vision
The vision of Bountiful Cities Project is to enliven and empower self-reliance, cooperation, and a
stronger sense of community through providing an opportunity to grow, harvest and eat fresh, local
produce.
This vision is becoming a reality at our two flagship gardens: a permaculture-based vegetable
garden on Pearson Drive in Montford and the Dr. George Washington Carver Edible Park at
Stevens Lee Community Center which is home to over 30 varieties of fruit trees and an under story
of berries and medicinal herbs
We are the first CSA in Transylvania County, nestled in the Wester North Carolina Mountains. We
will be offering 50 full share, half shares available. Aside from a wide variety or high quality, organic
vegetables we will be offering workshops, classes, field trips, and volunteer opportunities. We are
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developing pasture poultry, honey bees, and beef. Please join us and help our farm grow!
We believe that access to delicious, healthy, affordable, high-quality food should be the right of all
humanity. Armed with the knowledge that meeting this need is best accomplished on the local level,
we extend an invitation to all people groups in our vicinity to join us in this endeavor, and that we
learn from each other - tolerance, compassion, respect, honor, cooperation, hospitality, and
patience. Our hope and prayer is that Seagrove Community Garden becomes healing ground, a
sacred space, a place where all are welcomed and encouraged, a place where people are fed and
where love abounds - for the land, the garden's bounty, and for each other. With enough love, small
things grow into big things. This is our vision. No matter how much time, money and space we
devote to this garden, our objective remains the same - to feed the people in front of us, our
neighbors, our community. As the need grows, the garden will grow along with it.
SEEDS
706 Gilbert Street, Durham, NC 27701
Tel: 919-683-1197
Fax: 919-688-1249
Contact: Lucy Harris
info@seedsnc.org
http://www.seedsnc.org/
The SEEDS market gardens, located in downtown Durham, are managed by DIG (Durham
Inner-City Gardeners), a youth-driven urban gardening program that teaches sustainable gardening,
healthy business practices and responsible leadership. We grow a wide variety of annual and
perennial vegetables, fruits, herbs, and cut flowers that we sell at the Durham Farmer's Market and
to local restaurants.
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Chapel Hill Creamery produces farmhouse cheese made from pasture-based Jersey cows. All the
milk used in cheese production comes from Chapel Hill Creamery's cows; no external milk ever
enters the farm. Cheeses include fresh mozzarella, Carolina Moon and New Moon (both Camembert
cheeses), Hickory Grove (a fresh raw milk cheese), feta, fresh quark, and a fresh farmers' cheese.
Cheeses are available for purchase from farmers' markets in Carrboro, Raleigh, and Durham and at
various natural food outlets and restaurants throughout the area. Cheeses are not sold from the
farm.
The dairy cows are raised out on pasture and are never supplemented with unnecessary growth
hormones or routine antibiotics. Antibiotics will be administered if an animal falls ill, but milk is
continually tested for residues before a cow is returned to production. The creamery also raises a
limited amount of pastured pork. The hogs are raised in much the same way as the dairy cows, out
on pasture/woodlands, fed an all-natural feed, and never supplemented with hormones or
antibiotics. Pork is usually sold by the ½.
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Ayrshire Farm
602 Friendly Pooch Lane, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tel: 919-548-4196
Contact: Bill Dow
http://www.carrborofarmersmarket.com/AyrshireFarm.
Blueberries, produce, value-added goods, fruit, herbs, cut flowers, firewood. Selling at Carrboro
Farmers Market and restaurants. We are also a part of the Mid-Chatham CSA. Always looking for
bright, energetic people wanting some farming experience.
Bear Berry farm is a first year CSA serving Cashiers, Highlands and Glenville N.C...
Started by Vegetarian Catering Company that uses local Organic food ...After relocating and finding
out there were no local growers we decided to grow our own this year..A tailgate market will be open
to the public on Wednesday and Saturday in Cashiers.We are currently looking for more vendors
for the Farmers Market..
If you are interested in becoming a member of our CSA or being a local vendor at the
market..Please Do contact us for more information.
Beausol Gardens
139 Beausol Lane, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tel: 919-545-0204
Contact: Harry LeBlanc
We are a small family owned and operated farm selling mixed vegetables and cut flowers direct.
We strive to be sustainable and are transitioning to biodynamic methods in addition to the organic
practices we have used since our founding in 1997. We select heirloom and open pollinated
varieties whenever we can. Some of our offerings include tomats, ripe peppers, lettuce, snap peas,
snap beans, edamame, greens and roots. Selling at Durham Farmers Market and through our
vegetable and cut-flower CSA shares.
Benevolence Farm
173 Viburnum Way, Carrboro, NC 27510
Tel: 919-724-5311
Contact: Tanya Jisa, MSW
info@benevolencefarm.org
http://www.benevolencefarm.org/
Holistic transitional living program to transform life possibilities for women leaving prison by reducing
recidivism and creating a high quality of life through development of entrepreneurship, life skills, and
community participation while living and working in an environmentally sustainable environment. To
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be based on an organic farm we will grow our own food, sell at Farmers' Markets, offer a CSA, and
sell to restaurants and institutions. Benevolence Farm operates as a non-profit.
Each season, we grow a selection of traditional and heirloom vegetables on our 16 acre certified
organic farm. Our vegetables are available at several regional farmers markets, are sold wholesale
to restaurants and organic produce distributors, and are distributed through our CSA program.
We are a family farm, owned and operated by several generations of the Hartmann family. We live
and work year round on the farm. During the height of the season we work along with the seasonal
farm staff to harvest our crops every week. We pack and ship with care and speed to deliver our
products from the field to your table at their peak of flavor and freshness.
We hope you'll consider joining our CSA. If you like to eat healthy, delicious, nutritious food as much
as we do, we think you'll be glad you did.
Carlea Farms
36188C Esther Road, Millningport, NC 28127
Tel: 704-463-1882
Contact: Carl and Leah Wagner
cwag@ctc.net
http://www.carleafarms.com/
We are a family owned and operated farm located in Millingport, NC about 38 miles northeast of
Charlotte in Stanly County.
We are an all-natural farm, we use no harmful chemicals in order to provide the highest quality
produce to keep you and your family healthy and happy.
Carlea Farms is the product of a lot of hard work by Carl, Leah, Chet and Jennie Wagner. Carlea
farms began many years ago as a hobby and has grown into a thriving, self-sustaining farm with the
single goal of providing locally-grown, all-natural, high-quality produce for local families.
We began selling at the Matthews Farmer's Market several years ago because we loved the fact
that all of the Market's produce must be locally grown. Everything we sell is hand picked within days
of going to market to ensure the ultimate freshness.
We grow a wide range of vegetables, with an emphasis on heirlooms and varieties selected for
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superior flavor. We rely on rotation of free roaming chickens to supply our fertility. You can buy our
produce, eggs, and chicken at the Carrboro Farmer's Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays. For
our Raleigh customers we offer a 25 week CSA. "No Herbicides, No Pesticides, Nothing Icky!"
Shiitake mushrooms, produce, free-range eggs, wild blackberries, soaps, and all-natural dip mixes
Creeksong Farm
2901 West Brushy Fork Road, Zionville, NC 28698
Tel: 336-385-6302
Fax: 336-385-6302
Contact: Jeff, Bettie, and Will Thomas
creeksongfarm@gmail.com
http://www.creeksongfarm.com/
Creeksong Farm is a family farm supporting 2 generations of farmers in Ashe County. We have
used sustainable methods including organic fertilizers, cover crops, and crop rotation since 1979.
We grow 150 varieties of vegetables, herbs, and flowers. In 2008 we are offering vegetables,
pasture raised beef, eggs, and herbal products at the Watauga County Farmers' Market in Boone.
Double T Farm
13246 Cleveland School Road, Garner, NC 27529
Tel: 919-215-8915
Contact: Tom Kumpf and Theresa Ryan
http://www.double-t-farm.com/
Double-T Farm is a small scale, sustainably run market garden. We use organic methods with the
goal of becoming USDA Certified Organic. Currently, we grow a wide range of vegetables for fresh
markets, restaurants, and local CSA members. We also grow fruits such as strawberries,
blueberries, and figs. We constantly look for other crops to grow, and flowers are one we will be
exploring over the next few years.
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Fax: 919-783-9245
Contact: Tom and Trish Hewitt
H-H-OrganicFarms@nc.rr.com
http://www.ncagr.gov/ncproducts/ShowSite.asp?ID=17
Produce, cut flowers, herbs, garden building, and consultation. We practice the Community
Supported Agriculture (CSA) model of direct marketing our farm's produce to socially responsible
and health conscious local consumers, like you! Certified organic produce, herbs and cut flowers.
Garden building from square footers to total landscape, plant-scapes for offices. CSA memberships
available.
Produce, herbs, and flowers are sold at the Durham Farmer's Market and through a CSA
(Community Supported Agriculture). To subscribe please see the subscription tab on the web site.
Flower subscriptions are also available. We also sell to restaurants and host on-farm events such as
weddings, bar mitzvahs, etc.
Hilltop Farms
6612 Kennebec Road, Willow Springs, NC 27592
Tel: 919-618-5601
Contact: Fred and Virginia Miller
info@hilltopfarms.org
http://www.hilltopfarms.org/
We are a certified organic produce farm, adhering to standard organic practices and sustainable
agricultural methods. We continue yearly to convert conventionally farmed family tobacco lands into
organic fields. Our CSA delivers to Raleigh and Cary and we operate a farm stand, pick-your own
organic strawberry operation, and welcome farm tours here in Willow Springs in southern Wake Co.
Kellam-Wyatt Farm
731 N Rogers Lane, Raleigh, NC 27610
Tel: 919-231-2827
Contact: Robert Kellam and Susan Wyatt
bob_kellam@msn.com
Located on the eastern edge of Raleigh, off Business 64 East. 60 acres. Gardening organically and
sustainably since 1970. In 2004, formed a cooperative to provide fruits and vegetables to
subscribers. Grow 40 varieties of produce ranging from greens, tomats, corn, squash, beans, okra,
and cucumbers to strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and muscadine grapes.
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The Local Food Club provides individuals and families with access to locally-produced food
year-round. Members place orders for food from participating farms. The food is collected from the
farms and dropped at central distribution locations for members to pick up. Join hundreds of people
in the Charlotte, NC area enjoying fresh food from local farms through our service!
We have been engaged in organic market gardening since 1989. Salad crops, along with garlic and
potats, are our main vegetable enterprises. We also offer seasonal pasture-raised broilers late
Spring through Fall and pastured turkeys once a year fresh for Thanksgiving.
Maple Spring Gardens is a family owned and operated farm in northwestern Orange County, North
Carolina, about 20 miles from Chapel Hill. We raise about 80 different varieties of vegetables, cut
flowers and small fruits for sale to local markets. Our produce is available at the Carrboro Farmers
Market and Durham Farmers Markets throughout the season, and by subscription through our CSA
(Community Supported Agriculture).
Maverick Farms
410 Justus Road, Valle Crucis, NC 28604
Tel: 828-963-4656
info@maverickfarms.com
Maverick Farms formed in spring 2004 to preserve a small farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of
North Carolina, an area under intense pressure from development. It operates as an open
laboratory, experimenting with human-scale farming techniques and traditional food preparation.
Maverick Farms works to reclaim the pleasures of eating and sharing meals in a culture overrun by
industrial agriculture and flavorless food. The project arose out of Springhouse Farm, which for 30
years sold hand-picked vegetables to local restaurants. Maverick Farms is continuing with that
tradition while embarking on new education and outreach projects to connect local food producers
and consumers.
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Guests will experience the hustle and bustle of life on a working farm, as well as the relaxed
atmosphere we strive to create. Each comfortable guest room is private and most have reading
chairs and desks. There are many sitting areas around the farmhouse and yard to rest and have
conversation (including hammocks by the creek). One of the farm members, Sara Safransky, is a
certified yoga instructor, and offers private yoga classes geared to any level. Breakfasts are made
available and feature selections composed entirely of all-natural, locally-raised products.
Two rooms are available to guests, and the creek and chickens can be heard in the background.
Prices, which are listed on the Maverick Farm "http://www.maverickfarms.com/agritourism.html"
website, are for short visits; (mailto:info@maverickfarms.com" contact us about discounts for longer
stays.
Meadowbright Farm
323 Old Express Road, Louisburg, NC 27549
Tel: 919-496-3097
Contact: Sheryl and Ed Munt
meadowbrightfarm@hotmail.com
Bright meadows bring forth vegetables, fruits, flowers and herbs. In the pasture happy chickens
produce free-range eggs and Thanksgiving turkeys grow plump (put your order in early!). In the
woods shiitake mushrooms grow on specially prepared logs. Purchase direct from the farm,
Farmers' Market or our CSA.
Call for availability of apples and other fruits, nuts, honey, produce, herbs, preserves, apple trees
and perennials.
Offerings include seasonal vegetables, fruit, herbs and cut flowers - all grown without the use of
synthetic fertilizers or chemicals. Emphasis is placed on the use of heirloom vegetables and starting
plants from seed for increased variety and flavor. Sales are direct-to-consumer through both a
22-week CSA and at the Pittsboro Farmers' Market. Season runs April thru October.
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We are a small family farm in operation since 1990. Growing on five acres, we focus on the soil and
the art of growing vegetables. We also offer free-range chicken, pastured pork, and turkey.
I raise horses and use their composted manure for my 1/4 acre garden. My small CSA has a fall
season and a spring season, each of 13 weeks. I cover crop / green manure in the summer, to build
up soil for cool weather vegetables and use only OMRI-approved pesticides and fertilizers.
We are the first CSA in Transylvania County, nestled in the Wester North Carolina Mountains. We
will be offering 50 full share, half shares available. Aside from a wide variety or high quality, organic
vegetables we will be offering workshops, classes, field trips, and volunteer opportunities. We are
developing pasture poultry, honey bees, and beef. Please join us and help our farm grow!
Piedmont Biofarm
78 Coyote Run, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tel: 919-444-9680
Contact: Doug Jones
piedmontbiofarms@yahoo.com
http://www.biofuels.coop/csa/
Our farm is located next to Piedmont Biofuels Industrial. We grow vegetables year-round, using
season extension techniques, marketing almost as much in winter as in summer. We grow a lot of
vegetable seed, and sell some, especially seed garlic. Our on-farm research includes extensive
variety trials and plant breeding, with a special focus on peppers and brassicas.
We are a small family owned and managed farm that offers four types of CSA memberships. One
can sign up for participation in a Produce and Herb, Flower, Poultry/Eggs/Bread or Pork CSA.
Shareholders may pick up at the farm or choose to have delivery every Wednesday, 2-6pm. Many
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varieties of vegetables and flowers are grown. Flowers can be purchased by the stem or in
bouquets. We offer recipes, tours, special events and classes. Established in 1994, we maintain
strict organic farming methods. CSA Membership applications are due February 1st of each year
and can be obtained, by request, through our website.
Poppy's Knob is a small family farm and garden owned and operated by Jeff and Cynthia Lowrance
and our two sons Mason and Caleb. We are located in the Western North Carolina Appalachian
Mountains just out side of Boone, NC.
We raise a variety of garden vegetables, free range poultry and eggs, pork, and Jersey cattle.
We strive to be good stewards of the land by maintaining and enhancing soil, water and air quality
through sustainable farming practices. Our crops are grown without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides,
or herbicides. We use compost, cover crops, mulching and crop rotation to encourage healthy soil
and plants and to build long term fertility.
Our livestock is raised humanely, on rotated pasture without the use of hormones, anibiotics or any
other unnecessary chemicals. They are free to graze, root and socialize which makes for a happier,
healthier, superior meat product.
Our goal is to always provide the highest quality products to all of our customers.
The Star Barn is a small family farm and garden operated by Emily Lancaster and Farrell Moose.
We are located near Pittsboro, NC. We raise produce, pastured poultry, eggs, and Black Angus
cattle for market and our CSA.
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The Star Barn is a small family farm and garden operated by Emily Lancaster and Farrell Moose.
We are located near Pittsboro, NC. We raise produce, pastured poultry, eggs, and Black Angus
cattle for market and our CSA.
Our CSA season begins Friday, May 1st and closes October 16th. Our goal is to provide a wide
variety of vegetables while also including them in a quantity that allows them to be a meaningful
addition to your diet. Each box includes a selection of vegetables along with herbs, cut flowers and
fruit (when in season). We go to great lengths to adhere to organic and sustainable prinls of farming
and use no pesticides or chemical fertilizers. Our laying hens live in family groups on pasture and
our production practices are Animal Welfare Approved. In order to minimize waste we build the box
you receive and handcraft many of the containers that carry your fare.
Timberwood Organics
4619 Timberwood Trail, Efland, NC 27243
Tel: 919-563-9464
Contact: Ray and Maria Christopher
www.timberwoodorganics.com
http://TW_Organics@mebtel.net
Certified since 1992, we are a North Carolina renowned organic farm. Since 2000 our CSA with the
unique feature of home delivery serves over 150 families in the Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Durham, Elon,
and Hillsborough areas. Beginning mid April and ending around Thanksgiving, our seasons abound
with nearly 40 selected vegetables and herbs. For details please visit
www.TimberwoodOrganics.com. Selling at Carrboro Farmers Market and Hillsborough Farmers
Market.
Turtle Run
5776 Rumley Road, Graham, NC 27253
Tel: 336-376-3313
Contact: Kim and Kevin Meehan
http://www.useyerfoot.com/
Turtle Run is a small organic farm in the historic village of Saxapahaw near Chapel Hill. 2005 will
see the first full scale production year of our delicious tomato we call "Little Cherokee". Turtle Run is
also the home of the legendary "use-yer-foot" handwash machine. Selling at Carrboro Farmers
Market.
Vegenui Garden
402 Carver Mtn Valley, Sylva, NC 28779
Tel: 828-586-5478
Contact: Ronald and Catherine Arps
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broad range of vegetables at their bi-weekly pick-ups at the garden, with flowers and herbs available
for them to pick up. Many unusual varieties of vegetables are grown using organic-farming methods.
We are a small farm in progress. We are going into our 4th year growing and selling at farmers
markets. We produce naturally-grown vegetables, cut flowers, and pastured chicken for meat. While
not certified organic, we raise all of our products under organic principles.
The vegetables, which are sold primarily through the farm's CSA program and area farmers
markets, are available March through December. The chicken is generally available from April to
Thanksgiving and is sold from the farm whole and in parts. Customers hoping to pick up chicken at a
specific time should call and place an order at least two weeks ahead, as the chickens are sold at
two local farmers' markets and availability will vary. Roaming out on pasture, the chickens only
receive a small amount of grain as grasses and insects compose the basis of their diet.
Windcrest Farm
518 Greenfield Drive, Monroe, NC 28112
Tel: 704-764-7746
Contact: Mary Roberts
mroberts@windcrestorganics.com
http://www.windcrestorganics.com
Windcrest Farm specializes in organically growing transplants, herbs, and fresh produce. We use
only certified organic, non-genetically altered seeds and grow a variety of fresh produce for market
as well as grow seedlings for family gardens and other market growers. In 2006, we provided over
35 varieties of heirloom tomats and pepper transplants, as well as mixed greens, herbs (plants and
cut), fresh cut flowers, and specialty produce to farmer's market customers, farm friendly families,
and restaurants.
This farming system incorporates organic farming methods (growing crops without the use of
chemicals, pesticides or genetically modified seeds) to produce abundant food without depleting our
earth's resources or polluting the environment and uses practices to replenish and nurture our soil.
Through this agricultural model we can offer you a product with superior taste and nutrition and
leave future generations with fertile and uncontaminated farmland.
Wiseacre Farm
3396 Alston Chapel Road, Pittsboro, NC 27312
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Tel: 919-542-4288
Contact: Laurie Heise and John Graybeal
laurieheise@mindspring.com
Vegetables, herbs, bedding plants in the spring, and occasionally fruits. Wiseacre Farm has a small
herd of Milking Devon cattle, a breed which is protected by the American Livestock Breeds
Conservancy. (The Milking Devon breed is listed under “critical” status, with an estimated global
population below 2,000.) Our produce is for sale at the Saturday Carrboro Farmers' Market and
through the Mid-Chatham Farmers Alliance CSA.
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Organic vegetables, fruits and herbs, pasture raised eggs and turkeys, Shiitake mushrooms.
Boarding school for 7th-9th grade; focus on community living, non-violent conflict resolution, land
stewardship, and academics.
Healing Savvy
624 Upper Grassy Branch Road, Asheville, NC 28805
Tel: 828-299-1479
Contact: Sandi Ford
healingsavvy@hotmail.com
Healing Savvy is a small scale educational and production garden featuring edible, medicinal, and
native plants. We offer guided medicinal plant walks and teach classes on holistic health including
medicine making, cooking with wild and other healing foods, and landscaping with edible and
medicinal plants. We also offer holistic herbal and life style consultations, handcrafted tinctures,
salves, and oils, including custom formulas for specific concerns, specializing in working with people
with chronic health issues.
We offer organicially grown heritage variety red raspberries, blueberries, wineberries, thornless
blackberries, strawberries, heirloom variety apples, also plants/trees for sale, including all the above,
and backcrossed hybrids of American Chestnut, Persimmons, Mulberry, and Hackberry. Brook trout
to for U-Catch! Open every day 9 a.m. to dark. Please call ahead for directions. Hiking trails through
protected wildlife habitat and ecological sanctuary to 5,152 ft. Big Sandy Mush Bald. Solar energy
demos, working examples of appropriate technology.
Maverick Farms
410 Justus Road, Valle Crucis, NC 28604
Tel: 828-963-4656
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info@maverickfarms.com
Maverick Farms formed in spring 2004 to preserve a small farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of
North Carolina, an area under intense pressure from development. It operates as an open
laboratory, experimenting with human-scale farming techniques and traditional food preparation.
Maverick Farms works to reclaim the pleasures of eating and sharing meals in a culture overrun by
industrial agriculture and flavorless food. The project arose out of Springhouse Farm, which for 30
years sold hand-picked vegetables to local restaurants. Maverick Farms is continuing with that
tradition while embarking on new education and outreach projects to connect local food producers
and consumers.
Guests will experience the hustle and bustle of life on a working farm, as well as the relaxed
atmosphere we strive to create. Each comfortable guest room is private and most have reading
chairs and desks. There are many sitting areas around the farmhouse and yard to rest and have
conversation (including hammocks by the creek). One of the farm members, Sara Safransky, is a
certified yoga instructor, and offers private yoga classes geared to any level. Breakfasts are made
available and feature selections composed entirely of all-natural, locally-raised products.
Two rooms are available to guests, and the creek and chickens can be heard in the background.
Prices, which are listed on the Maverick Farm "http://www.maverickfarms.com/agritourism.html"
website, are for short visits; (mailto:info@maverickfarms.com" contact us about discounts for longer
stays.
Professor, plant pathology, soil-borne pathogens, organic agriculture, phytophthora diseases, soil
biodiversity
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We are the first CSA in Transylvania County, nestled in the Wester North Carolina Mountains. We
will be offering 50 full share, half shares available. Aside from a wide variety or high quality, organic
vegetables we will be offering workshops, classes, field trips, and volunteer opportunities. We are
developing pasture poultry, honey bees, and beef. Please join us and help our farm grow!
Pickards Mountain Eco-Institute works towards "practical solutions to environmental crisis". Located
on 350 acres of land in Piedmont, the institute houses an organic garden that feeds 25 families
through a CSA every year. The institute also offers a wide range of programs for children, teens and
adults from lectures on sustainability to summer camps for children and internships for teens and
college students.
Piedmont Biofuels
PO Box 661, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tel: 919-321-8260
Contact: Rachel Burton, Lyle Estill and Matt Rudolph
http://www.biofuels.coop
At Piedmont Biofuels our coop members make biodiesel in Moncure where we run a farm incubator,
internship program, and demonstrate green building and renewable energy strategies. We build
farm-scale processors for people to produce their own biodiesel. We also distribute locally produced
B100 biodiesel throughout central North Carolina from our Industrial plant in Pittsboro, NC. We
provide a variety of classes, workshops, tours, speeches, and conferences on sustainable biodiesel
production, fuel quality, and energy policy. We also provide free public tours of our farm-scale
biodiesel plant every Sunday at 1pm. See www.biofuels.coop for more information.
SEEDS
706 Gilbert Street, Durham, NC 27701
Tel: 919-683-1197
Fax: 919-688-1249
Contact: Lucy Harris
info@seedsnc.org
http://www.seedsnc.org/
The SEEDS market gardens, located in downtown Durham, are managed by DIG (Durham
Inner-City Gardeners), a youth-driven urban gardening program that teaches sustainable gardening,
healthy business practices and responsible leadership. We grow a wide variety of annual and
perennial vegetables, fruits, herbs, and cut flowers that we sell at the Durham Farmer's Market and
to local restaurants.
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Shepherds Ranch primary goal is to optimize the production of grassfed beef in order to produce
the highest quality product. To achieve this goal, we will focus on raising and producing livestock
that fit the natural environment rather than artificially changing the environment to obtain a
conventional product. It is our objective to have the livestock support the goals and mission of
Shepherds Ranch rather than have Shepherds Ranch artificially support inefficient cattle. The
following guidelines will be utilized to obtain a nutritious, healthy and sustainable consumer product.
To implement and demonstrate agricultural practices that are natural, sustainable, and economically
viable.
To offer only the healthiest grass fed Angus beef possible.
To provide beef with the best flavor and tenderness through strict herd selection.
To gain and maintain consumer confidence in the integrity of our beef.
To be sensitive and respectful of our natural resources.
To provide the local agricultural education community with a resource to allow for students to learn
sustainable natural ranching by actively participating in the process.
Children's Educational Farm - after school and summer camps, Morgan horses and riding programs.
Also enrichment and homeschool classes in pottery, woodworking, and farm experience. Facilities
and staff available for birthday parties, field trips, group functions.
http://www.cccc.edu/curriculum/majors/sustainableagriculture/
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The Warren Wilson College Farm is located in the Swannanoa Valley 10 miles east of downtown
Asheville. We are a 275-acre mixed crop and livestock farm and raise grass-finished beef and
pasture-raised pork. Our grains are grown here on the farm. Meat sales in Spring and Fall. Other
crop inputs: compost.
Windcrest Farm
518 Greenfield Drive, Monroe, NC 28112
Tel: 704-764-7746
Contact: Mary Roberts
mroberts@windcrestorganics.com
http://www.windcrestorganics.com
Windcrest Farm specializes in organically growing transplants, herbs, and fresh produce. We use
only certified organic, non-genetically altered seeds and grow a variety of fresh produce for market
as well as grow seedlings for family gardens and other market growers. In 2006, we provided over
35 varieties of heirloom tomats and pepper transplants, as well as mixed greens, herbs (plants and
cut), fresh cut flowers, and specialty produce to farmer's market customers, farm friendly families,
and restaurants.
This farming system incorporates organic farming methods (growing crops without the use of
chemicals, pesticides or genetically modified seeds) to produce abundant food without depleting our
earth's resources or polluting the environment and uses practices to replenish and nurture our soil.
Through this agricultural model we can offer you a product with superior taste and nutrition and
leave future generations with fertile and uncontaminated farmland.
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'R Garden
So. Glenburnie Rd, New Bern, NC 28560 www.plantnpick@rgarden.com
http://www.rgardennb.com
We are a small family owned and operated market farm growing mainly vegetables for our on-site
vegetable stand and the local farmers market. We also grow vegetable bedding plants, herb plants,
and mostly annual flowering plants.
'R Garde will now be at the market every weekend. We should soon have some lettuces, broccoli,
cabbage, collards & more.
Garden News
After the first good frost is the time to start getting your collards from the farm. If you are looking for
an extremely large amount call ahead and we can start getting them ready for you.
Fall bedding plants are now ready. Give us a call (252.637.4172) to be sure we are there. Fall
vegetables are cabbage, collards, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, radicchio.
Blueberries, vegetables, tree fruits, and flowers. Pick-your-own blueberries July 1st to about August
15th, Tues-Fri 7-11, Sat 7-4, closed Sunday and Monday. Selling at the Carrboro farmers market.
Our goal is to grow "Healthy Foods for Healthy Living" without sacrificing quality for the hard work
and efforts required to do so. Our aim is to be an asset to our environment and those around us. Eat
healthy and grow with us!
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http://www.ncagr.gov/ncproducts/ShowSite.asp?ID=23
We are a Certified NC Farm Market and a NC Certified Meat Handler. We produce all natural beef
and pork meats, honey, jams and farm produce and sell directly to the public at our roadside stand.
We produce to the "Goodness Grows in NC" standard and use no hormones, steroids, antibiotics, or
other harmful chemicals.
Avillion Farm
4737 Shanklin's Dead End Road, Efland, NC 27243
Tel: 919-541-0043
Contact: Elaina Kenyon
http://www.avillionfarm.com/
(by appointment) raw fleeces, yarns, blended fibers for spinning, angora goats, angora rabbits,
shetland sheep, yarn (wool, mohair, angora), rabbit meat)
Ayrshire Farm
602 Friendly Pooch Lane, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tel: 919-548-4196
Contact: Bill Dow
http://www.carrborofarmersmarket.com/AyrshireFarm.
Blueberries, produce, value-added goods, fruit, herbs, cut flowers, firewood. Selling at Carrboro
Farmers Market and restaurants. We are also a part of the Mid-Chatham CSA. Always looking for
bright, energetic people wanting some farming experience.
Baldwin Family Farms is a unique family operated beef farm on the beautiful green rolling hills of
historic and pristine Caswell County, NC. The farm produces registered Charolais cattle and Baldwin
Charolais Beef.
Our mission is to serve people with a delicious, pasture-based, all-natural BEEF. Our objective is to
offer beef that is extra lean and tender with real health benefits. Our beef is antibiotic and hormone
free and minimally processed with no additives under strict USDA inspections. We offer a full
assortment of kitchen-ready cuts, conveniently boxed and frozen for farm-pickup or internet
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shipment.
It is available in Restaurants, Organic Markets, On-Farm Beef Outlet, farmers' markets and online at
www.baldwinbeef.com and www.baldwingrassfedbeef.com.
Baucom's Best
1002 Baucom Road, Monroe, NC 28110
Tel: 704-254-0742
Contact: Milton and Harriet Baucom
info@baucomsbest.com
http://www.baucomsbest.com/
Baucom's Best 100% Grassfed Beef is raised exclusively on the Baucom Family Farm located just
outside the Charlotte-Metropolitan area in rural Union County. We can guarantee that our Black
Angus cattle are fed no grain or animal by-products and are raised in a healthy and humane
environment. Our pastures are never sprayed with chemical fertilizers or pesticides. Baucom's Best
Grass Fed Beef is hormone and anitbiotic free, high in CLA, Omega-3, and Vitamins A and E and is
lower in fat and calories than conventional beef. Baucom's Best beef is available year-round and
can be purchased on line, to be shipped, delivered or picked up at our family farm. Visa and
Mastercard accepted.
Raising Registered Dorper Sheep for both meat lambs and breeding stock. Pasture raised lambs
free of hormones and antibiotics.
Beausol Gardens
139 Beausol Lane, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tel: 919-545-0204
Contact: Harry LeBlanc
We are a small family owned and operated farm selling mixed vegetables and cut flowers direct.
We strive to be sustainable and are transitioning to biodynamic methods in addition to the organic
practices we have used since our founding in 1997. We select heirloom and open pollinated
varieties whenever we can. Some of our offerings include tomats, ripe peppers, lettuce, snap peas,
snap beans, edamame, greens and roots. Selling at Durham Farmers Market and through our
vegetable and cut-flower CSA shares.
We specialize in premium garlic and cut flowers. Also grown are tomats and sweet peppers. This
year we will have plenty of seed garlic for sale. We also grow 12 different peppers, tomats, greens,
salad mix, and baby carrots. We sell at the Yancey County Farmers' Market and the West Asheville
Tailgate Market. Our farm is Certified Naturally Grown and organic (uncertified).
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We welcome visitors to our farm. Please call first. Farm tours available upon request.
Our small family farm is located in Yancey County, NC. We grow using organic practices and are
Certified Naturally Grown. Our farm offers a large variety of seasonal heirloom vegetables and
berries which we sell at the Yancey County Farmers' Market and to area restaurants.
Benevolence Farm
173 Viburnum Way, Carrboro, NC 27510
Tel: 919-724-5311
Contact: Tanya Jisa, MSW
info@benevolencefarm.org
http://www.benevolencefarm.org/
Holistic transitional living program to transform life possibilities for women leaving prison by reducing
recidivism and creating a high quality of life through development of entrepreneurship, life skills, and
community participation while living and working in an environmentally sustainable environment. To
be based on an organic farm we will grow our own food, sell at Farmers' Markets, offer a CSA, and
sell to restaurants and institutions. Benevolence Farm operates as a non-profit.
Betty's Bloomers
504 Santee Road, Durham, NC 27704
Tel: 919-596-0380
Contact: Betty and Clark Thomas
http://bettysbloomers.com/
Cut flowers, bedding plants, produce, herbs and perrenials sustainably grown and sold at Wake
Forest Farmers Market May through October.
We specialize in the collection and propagation of antique and heirloom apple trees. Over 300 apple
varieties are offered on dwarf and semi-dwarf rootstock. One year old apple trees are available for
purchase through our website or at the Ashe Co. Farmers Market April through October, where we
also sell organic gourmet garlic and other produce.
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mikesmith1859@yahoo.com
Located in Cabarrus County, just outside of Charlotte, Big Oak Farm is a small, sustainable farm
that's been in the family for over 100 years. I am a third generation farmer who has, like my father
and grandfather, practiced consciensious and sustainable farming methods. Our beef is a product
of our cattle. We have never used growth stimulants, hormones, or pesticides. Moreover, we do not
routinely use antibiotics and the feed program meets the criteria for feeds for Laura's Lean Beef.
We are a small farm. We use organic practices but are not certified. We sell retail only from the farm
and at Matthews Farmers' Market. We sell seasonal vegetables, cantaloupe and watermelon, and
free-range eggs. Other inputs: compost, non-medicated feed.
Black River Farmstead markets our goats' milk cheese and soap mainly in the Raleigh-Durham
area. Our chevre flavors include dill and garlic, herbes de Provence, and plain; and our feta has also
been well-received. Our goats' milk soap available in 3" rounds weighing 3 ounces each or
decorative designs. They're functional and fun!
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shartmann@intrstar.net
http://www.blackriverorganicfarm.com/
Each season, we grow a selection of traditional and heirloom vegetables on our 16 acre certified
organic farm. Our vegetables are available at several regional farmers markets, are sold wholesale
to restaurants and organic produce distributors, and are distributed through our CSA program.
We are a family farm, owned and operated by several generations of the Hartmann family. We live
and work year round on the farm. During the height of the season we work along with the seasonal
farm staff to harvest our crops every week. We pack and ship with care and speed to deliver our
products from the field to your table at their peak of flavor and freshness.
We hope you'll consider joining our CSA. If you like to eat healthy, delicious, nutritious food as much
as we do, we think you'll be glad you did.
Blue Hill Farm offers grits, cornmeal, tobacco, vegetables, and free-range eggs. During the winter
the items are available at different local stores, and during other months the items are sold at
farmer's markets around Asheville or at the farm.
Products include native plants, medicinal and culinary herbs, heirloom produce, free-range chicken
and guinea hen eggs, and both cut and potted flowering plants. Visits by appointment are
welcomed. Other inputs: compost.
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Braeburn Farm
6707 Bass Mountain Road, Snow Camp, NC 27349
Tel: 336-376-3050
Fax: 336-570-3487
Contact: Charles Sydnor
contact@wellsbranchfarm.com
http://www.braeburnfarms.com/
Braeburn Farms pasture-raises grass-fed and finished Devon cattle. The Red Devon is a very old
breed of cattle originally from Southwestern England. They have long been a popular choice for
both milk and meat. The meat is well marbled and tender, and the milk is high in butterfat and milk
solids. Here at Braeburn Farm we have a watering system that enables us to water the cows with
clean, fresh water in all their pastures and keep them out of the streams and ponds. This results in
healthier riparian areas -- better water quality, less erosion on banks, etc. It also results in healthier
cows because they do not have to drink contaminated water. We pride ourselves on being
ecologically sound, but that dsn't mean we don't embrace some of the latest technology. Through
the use of ultrasound, we can determine which cows will have tender meat and which will be tough.
Only the most tender, choice meat is offered for sale.
Breezy Oaks Farm raises 100% natural grass-fed beef, pastured pork, chicken and eggs on their
two farm locations -- one in Mebane, NC and and one in Chatham, VA. This small, family-owned
operation practices sustainable agriculture, including rotational grazing. Orders can be picked up at
the farm, or customers can visit the Farmers' Markets in Danville, VA and Durham, NC.
Brinkley Farms
4233 Old Weaver Trail, Creedmoor, NC 27522
Tel: 919-528-0604
Contact: Michael and Jennifer Brinkley
info@brinkleyfarms.com
http://www.brinkleyfarms.com
We offer a wide variety of produce, pork, beef, and eggs. We sell at the Durham, Carrboro, and
Oxford Farmers' Markets. We also offer a CSA. For more information, check out our website.
Burch Farms
685 Burch Road, Faison, NC 28341
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Tel: 910-267-5781
Fax: 910-267-1133
Contact: Ted Burch
burchsales@intrstar.net
http://www.burchfarms.net/
Specialize in sweet potats. Currently growing organic sweet potats and butternut squash for the
processors and some grocery stores. Planting some organic grains as well, such as corn, wheat,
milo to have a better rotation.
Cane Creek Farm is a small rotational farm that has pasture-raised pork, ducks, chickens, and eggs.
The farm uses inter-species grazing techniques and the field use alternates between livestock
forage and vegetable plots. Eggs and vegetables are also available seasonally. Visit us at the
Carrboro Farmers' Market Wednesdays and Saturdays. Call the farm to place order and arrange
pick up.
Capritopia Farm
355 Green Ridge Lane, Louisburg, NC 27549
Tel: 919-497-0104
Contact: Mark and Wendy Gresham
capritopia@chilitech.net
Farming since 1996, we add new things each year. We keep around 2.5 acres under cultivation.
With one heated and one unheated greenhouse to get an early start, we grow a large variety of
vegetables, have our own honey bees, dairy goats and chickens to keep us busy all year.
We grow & sell Captain John's Lamb, free range, grass fed only without added hormones or
antibiotics. Our lambs start with Dorpers and are cross bred with three other breeds for optimum
meat quality. You may buy from our web site or visit the farm and purchase directly.
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Our Dorpers graze year round through careful selection of grasses with legumes that produce
nitrogen and reduce the need for commercial fertlizer. Ponds and wetlands are fenced out to protect
soil and water quality. Fresh deep well water is provided from frost-free water troughs. Our flock is
guarded from predators by llamas and Akbash-Marrema dogs. We use no chemicals, pesticides,
herbicides, hormones or antibiotics, and our meat is USDA-inspected, Halal and NCDA-licensed for
handling and transport.
Carlea Farms
36188C Esther Road, Millningport, NC 28127
Tel: 704-463-1882
Contact: Carl and Leah Wagner
cwag@ctc.net
http://www.carleafarms.com/
We are a family owned and operated farm located in Millingport, NC about 38 miles northeast of
Charlotte in Stanly County.
We are an all-natural farm, we use no harmful chemicals in order to provide the highest quality
produce to keep you and your family healthy and happy.
Carlea Farms is the product of a lot of hard work by Carl, Leah, Chet and Jennie Wagner. Carlea
farms began many years ago as a hobby and has grown into a thriving, self-sustaining farm with the
single goal of providing locally-grown, all-natural, high-quality produce for local families.
We began selling at the Matthews Farmer's Market several years ago because we loved the fact
that all of the Market's produce must be locally grown. Everything we sell is hand picked within days
of going to market to ensure the ultimate freshness.
The farm is situated on 20 acres in central North Carolina where we offer a variety of services
ranging from boarding to breeding of Br and TexMaster meat goats. The goats are rotated on
different acres of grass in order to ensure optimum health. The goat meat can be bought online, and
is also sold at local farmers markets.
The mission of Carolina Heritage Vineyards is to deliver sustainably-grown fruit and honey bee
products which are reasonably priced and promote a healthy environment and lifestyle for all
involved - our neighbors, our customers and ourselves.
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Carolina Heritage Vineyards was established in 2005 on a farm three miles east of Elkin on Highway
268 in the middle of the Yadkin Valley Viticultural Area (AVA.)
With a commitment to organic viticultural practices, varieties of grapes were chosen to be planted
which grow natively in this region and/or are the most disease and insect resistant. Eight acres have
been planted to date in Muscadines (Noble, Doreen, and Carlos) and American varietals and
hybrids (Cynthiana, Rubiana (GR-7) and Traminette.) In addition 1.5 acres of blueberries have been
planted which are being actively pollinated by the bees from our first bee hives.
We sell organically-grown Muscadine and American grapes and blueberries, wines and mead.
Castle Eggs
McDougald Drive, Castle Hayne, NC 28429
Tel: 910-352-1754
Contact: Audrey Mizrahi
We grow a wide range of vegetables, with an emphasis on heirlooms and varieties selected for
superior flavor. We rely on rotation of free roaming chickens to supply our fertility. You can buy our
produce, eggs, and chicken at the Carrboro Farmer's Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays. For
our Raleigh customers we offer a 25 week CSA. "No Herbicides, No Pesticides, Nothing Icky!"
Shiitake mushrooms, produce, free-range eggs, wild blackberries, soaps, and all-natural dip mixes
Celebrity Dairy
198 Celebrity Dairy Way, Siler City, NC 27344
Tel: 919-742-5176
Fax: 919-742-1432
Contact: Fleming and Brit Pfann
theinn@celebritydairy.com
http://www.celebritydairy.com
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continuously changing milk into a delicate fresh chèvre. Simply put, Celebrity Dairy chèvre is an
honest expression of ourselves, and our farm, and our place in time - our "terroir". Like many
specialty farm products, our cheese is fragile, and suffers from the abuses of shipping. We honor
our cheese's distinctive qualities by selling locally, thereby allowing us to hand deliver directly to our
customers at local farm markets, area restaurants that proudly feature it on their menus, and select
local grocery stores. None of this occurs in a vacuum: We're an integral part of Chatham County's
vigorous and growing low impact, sustainable agriculture community that produces high quality
seasonal farm products in and for our Piedmont region. We encourage and advise other
cheesemakers in North Carolina, and work with the NC Ag Extension Service on conserving small
family farms, and College of Veterinary Medicine with small ruminant science. On a broader scale,
we support the American Cheese Society, American Institute of Wine and Food, and the Slow
Foods movement. If you're in the area, please enjoy our cheese. If you live elsewhere, seek out and
support your local farmers and farm markets. In addition to our specialty cheeses, we offer
pasture-raised chickens and eggs onsite and at local farmers' markets. We also have goat kids for
sale in the late winter and spring. Our wheat free bakery produces wheat and dairy free baked
goods for the farm, inn, and local markets. Call to ask about catering options. Agri-tourism
opportunities are throughout the year. Please call for details.
Chapel Hill Creamery produces farmhouse cheese made from pasture-based Jersey cows. All the
milk used in cheese production comes from Chapel Hill Creamery's cows; no external milk ever
enters the farm. Cheeses include fresh mozzarella, Carolina Moon and New Moon (both Camembert
cheeses), Hickory Grove (a fresh raw milk cheese), feta, fresh quark, and a fresh farmers' cheese.
Cheeses are available for purchase from farmers' markets in Carrboro, Raleigh, and Durham and at
various natural food outlets and restaurants throughout the area. Cheeses are not sold from the
farm.
The dairy cows are raised out on pasture and are never supplemented with unnecessary growth
hormones or routine antibiotics. Antibiotics will be administered if an animal falls ill, but milk is
continually tested for residues before a cow is returned to production. The creamery also raises a
limited amount of pastured pork. The hogs are raised in much the same way as the dairy cows, out
on pasture/woodlands, fed an all-natural feed, and never supplemented with hormones or
antibiotics. Pork is usually sold by the ½.
Chicken Dance Farm produces the highest quality free-range chicken meat and eggs.
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Organic (not certified) family farm growing chestnuts, garlic, vegetables, shiitake mushrooms and
asparagus. Hours by appointment.
Cohen Farm
688 Van Thomas Road, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tel: 919-742-4433
Contact: Murray and Esta Cohen
http://www.cohenfarm.com/
We are a 200-acre hay farm; have been for 34 years. We sell orchard grass, mixed hay without
chemical anything. We're here after 4 pm every day. We are now Certified Organic to sell hay and
grain. Organic grain and hay available when we have it on hand.
Coon Rock Farm is a sustainable family farm providing organically grown garden crops year round
and pasture raised antibiotic and hormone free chicken, eggs, lamb, pork and goat. Our vegetables
are mostly heirloom varieties and animals are pastured raised on grass and never given antibiotics
or hormones. Our chickens are heritage breeds that provide both meat and eggs and are
completely free range. The owners of Coon Rock Farm are also co-owners of Zely and Ritz
Restaurant and Wine Bar in Raleigh and provide much of the local and organic produce, meat and
poultry used in the restaurant.
Nursery, produce, small fruits. Currently keep horses, thinking about goats, chickens. Began
operation in November 2007; still developing.
Selling at Lumberton (Robeson Co) Farmers' Market and direct from farm
Cornercopia Farm
64 Rich Mountain Rd, Brevard, NC 28712
Tel: 828-862-8059
Contact: Kate Gieger and Tom Dierolf
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cornercopiafarm@yahoo.com
Cornercopia Farm is a diverse and sustainable Transylvania family farm that provides healthy and
fresh food, farm products, and an educational experience to the local community and visitors. We
envision using our farm and experience to develop a more just food system through education and
advocacy. We sell honey,eggs, and beeswax products. To reach our farm, go 2 miles south of
Brevard on Rt. 276S (Greeneville Highway). Take a left on Becky Mountain Rd (Duckpond Pottery is
on the right before you turn). Go 100 ft and take first left onto Rich Mountain Rd. Farm is first house
on the right. Please use upper drive by mailboxes. We are also at the Transylvania Tailgate Market
on Saturdays (April-Dec) and our Honey is sold at Healthy Harvest and the Duckpond Pottery in
Brevard.
Cornerstone Farm
1249 Tate Road, Reidsville, NC 27320
Tel: (336) 349-5106
Cornerstone Garlic Farm is a small family farm that specializes in garlic. We started in 1996 with a
small crop of elephant garlic and expanded each year. For the 2008 season we have eight varieties
of garlic planted. We are one of a few farms in the Carolinas that offer seed garlic, braids and table
stock garlic thru mail order and local sales.
We practice sustainable agriculture and though we are not certified organic we use organic
practices. We believe that we should be good stewards of the land that God gave us.
We started growing Shiitake Mushrooms in 2005. Besides garlic, shallots and mushrooms we grow
a wide variety of fresh vegetables, blackberries and herbs. Our produce is available at local markets
from March - December. Fresh homemade Garlic Powder is one of several value added products
we take to local markets as well. We usually end our garlic season by selling at the Virginia Wine
and Garlic Festival.
Small, organic cottage garden, featuring organic vegetables and herbs, blueberries, raw honey and
beeswax, cut flowers, potted herbs, perennials, container gardens, medicinal herbs and vegetable
starts. Small greenhouse.
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Visit us on the April 11, 2009 "Urban Farm" Tour, or at the Southern Pines Farmers Market on
April-June Saturdays. Also, Mr. GreenJeans Landscaping, and Lawn and Garden Service, ask us
about our organic options.
Producer of organic blueberries, strawberries, and grape tomats. Grower, broker, and shipper of
specialty peppers, eggplant, squash, cantaloupes, cucumbers, and blackberries.
Creeksong Farm
2901 West Brushy Fork Road, Zionville, NC 28698
Tel: 336-385-6302
Fax: 336-385-6302
Contact: Jeff, Bettie, and Will Thomas
creeksongfarm@gmail.com
http://www.creeksongfarm.com/
Creeksong Farm is a family farm supporting 2 generations of farmers in Ashe County. We have
used sustainable methods including organic fertilizers, cover crops, and crop rotation since 1979.
We grow 150 varieties of vegetables, herbs, and flowers. In 2008 we are offering vegetables,
pasture raised beef, eggs, and herbal products at the Watauga County Farmers' Market in Boone.
Crooked Creek Farms is a 10 acre family owned sustainable farm run by Meredith and Casey
McKissick of Old Fort, NC. We raise vegetables, cut flowers, and small livestock. All of our produce
and flowers are organically raised, though we are not certified organic. We sell our products at area
tailgate markets and through a marketing cooperative called Foothills Family Farms
(www.foothillsfamilyfarms.org)
Crosscreek Farm
2416 Nile Road, Sparta, NC 28675
Tel: 336-372-8574
Contact: Colette Nester
crosscreekfarm@hotmail.com
http://www.crosscreekfarmnc.com
A family farm in Alleghany County, North Carolina, raising pastured hogs, free range poultry,
grass-fed beef and pygmy goats.
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The farm sells it products at Farmers Markets in NC and VA, and has a farm store.
Dancing Pines Farm uses intensive sustainable farming practices to produce a wide variety of
vegetables. We recently built an unheated greenhouse to extend our season. This year we plan to
sell at the Orange County Farmers' Market in Hillsborough, and at the South Estes Farmers' Market
in Chapel Hill. For more information, call or email us.
My garden offers an example of small-scale intensive agriculture. I use solar electricity, solar herb
dryer, grow many medicinal and culinary herbs, apples, pears and garlic plus many other berries
and fruits. Permaculture, seed saving, heirloom plants and good record keeping are all important.
Dew Dance Farm is first and foremost a family farm and not a commercial enterprise. Everything
produced on the farm is raised primarily for the use of the farmers themselves and the surplus is
sold to the local community.
The farm is home to several animals that provide fiber for a wide range of products, including raw
wool ready for spinning, yarn ready to knit, pillows, comforters, blankets, garments, toys, and more.
Dew Dance Farm has fiber for just about everyone, from spinners to knitters. Exotic fibers, such as
mohair, llama, and Angora rabbit, are also available.
Pastured layer hens scamper around the farm grounds and provide fresh brown eggs year-round.
Extra eggs are available for purchase to the general public from the farm. Just call ahead to make
sure there are some available.
Live animals are also available for purchase, but not for meat.
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maryjames5354@aol.com
http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M14389
At Dogwoods Farms, we raise pasture-based pork as well as a variety of produce and nursery
crops. We are located in Maple Hill, NC, just 15 miles west of Jacksonville and 45 miles north of
Wilmington. We follow the animal welfare guidelines of the Animal Welfare Institute and carry their
farm certification. Our pigs, chicken, turkey, ducks and rabbits are grown naturally. No antibiotic,
steroids or animal protein given at any time. Vegetables and our flowers are produced without
chemicals or fertilizers. Our pork can be purchased at our on-farm store by appointment. Please call
for availability, to place an order, or schedule a pick-up!
The couple was honored for their innovation in Greensboro earlier this month when they were
named the Gilmer L. and Clara Y. Dudley Small Farmer of the Year. The award, which is named on
behalf of the parents of Dudley Products entrepreneur and North Carolina A&T graduate J Dudley,
is presented each year to a farmer or farmers who exemplify the best of small-scale agriculture.
Double T Farm
13246 Cleveland School Road, Garner, NC 27529
Tel: 919-215-8915
Contact: Tom Kumpf and Theresa Ryan
http://www.double-t-farm.com/
Double-T Farm is a small scale, sustainably run market garden. We use organic methods with the
goal of becoming USDA Certified Organic. Currently, we grow a wide range of vegetables for fresh
markets, restaurants, and local CSA members. We also grow fruits such as strawberries,
blueberries, and figs. We constantly look for other crops to grow, and flowers are one we will be
exploring over the next few years.
Eagle Feather Organic Farm grows native medicinal plants and trees for sale in the spring, seeds,
rhizomes, roots for planting stock in the fall. High quality, high potency ginseng and goldenseal
products are our specialty. Eagle Feather Organic Farms is a licensed NCDA Nursery and has a
rustic cabin for AgriTourism rental. The farm is also a United Plant Savers "Nature Botanical
Sanctuary." Great fishing hole for rental use.
Eco Farm
2501 Butler Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Tel: 919-933-4663
Contact: John and Cindy Soehner
EcoFarmNC@gmail.com
http://www.ecofarmnc.com/
Eco Farm is owned and run by John and Cindy Shner, who sell at the Carrboro Farmers Market and
to local restaurants and groceries. They grow all naturally, and produce tomats, salad greens, garlic,
onions, potats, spearmint, shiitake mushrooms, figs, strawberries, flowers, farm crafts, and other
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vegetables, fruits and herbs. They sometimes sample recipes from the Greek vegetarian cookbook
Cindy wrote. Cindy also sells prepared dinners at the Saxapahaw Farmers' Market, and she sells
homemade fabric shoulder bags and photographs of farm animals.
We are a small farm, using organic methods and a startup CSA with only 5 full shares available this
year. We produce vegetables in season and fresh eggs. All products go to CSA members first and
then to general consumers. Products are available from the farm and the Ashe County farmers'
market as well. Plans are underway for the CSA to last all year. Please call to inquire.
Elodie Farms
9522 Hampton Road, Rouqemont, NC 27572
Tel: 919-479-4606
Contact: Dave and Moira Artigues
ordercheese@elodiefarms.com
http://www.elodiefarms.com/
You can find us at the North Carolina Farmer's Market in Raleigh Wednesday through Sunday,
10AM-4:30PM, and in http://www.elodiefarms.com/eat.html fine restaurants and specialty stores in
the Carolinas.
You can visit the farm! Flexible hours for farm visits - please call in advance.
Seasonal Farmer's Tailgate Market located in the parking lot of Tri-City Mall in Forest City, NC, right
off of Oak St, next to the Carmike movie theatre.
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We offer a variety of produce, from fresh tomats (including heirloom varieties) to beans, corn,
squash, blueberries, peaches, raspberries, blackberries, watermelon, apples, eggs, eggplant,
peppers, cabbage, and much more!
We are set up between April and September, every Saturday morning from 7am to 11am (or
Sellout). The Farmers in our market are strictly local, and only sell what they themselves or a
neighboring farmer grow.
Situated on a quiet, rural 61-acre working farm, Fickle Creek Farm Bed and Breakfast provides an
ideal retreat into the countryside that's just a short drive west of North Carolina's research triangle.
Guests can enjoy hiking and biking through the woods and trails or they can lounge around the farm
and take view of the everyday processes on a small, sustainable operation that's home to chickens,
goats, pigs, and more.
Two guest rooms are available, both of which have queen beds and private baths. One is in the
main house, and the other is an efficiency apartment with a private entrance and deck. Wake up to a
hearty farm breakfast that's stock full of farm fresh products such as Fickle Creek's own fruits and
vegetables (in season) and pastured eggs.
The owners started Fickle Creek Farm with the objective of creating a system that has minimum
impact on the environment, is sustainable, and includes humane treatment for the animals. All of the
fruits and vegetables are naturally grown without inorganic chemical inputs, the eggs and chicken
come from free-ranging flocks on pasture that never receive hormones, antibiotics, or animal
by-products, and the goat meat and beef are from grass-fed herds.
For more information on rates and reservations, please visit the Fickle Creek Farm
http://home.mebtel.net/~ficklecreekwebsite. The picture features one of Fickle Creek's goats, a
guest room, a Great Pyrenees guard dog, and a view of the farm from the guest room deck.
We grow hot peppers, Jalapeno and Habanero, for use in our hot sauces and salsa, which we bottle
at Blue Ridge Food Ventures in Asheville and sell throughout western NC. We also grow
blueberries, lettuce and herbs for sale at Watauga Framers Market and Asheville City Market.
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Tel: 704-239-5255
Fax: 866-302-4023
Contact: Maria Fisher
fisherfarms1933@earthlink.net
http://www.fisherfarms1933.com
We use sustainable practices to produce heirloom vegetables that have been selected and grown
for flavor. Our specialty is tomats, but we have expanded to gourmet beans, squash, potats, sweet
potats, melons, eggplant, peppers, and pumpkin.
(Mon-Sat, 8am-5pm) PYO strawberries. fruit, produce, herbs, cut flowers, bedding plants, hanging
baskets, ferns, mums, greenhouse tomats Hours vary with time of year -- please call. Selling at
Carrboro, Durham, Fearrington and South Estes at A Southern Season Farmers' Markets.
Fogwood Farm
180 Fogwood Drive, Reidsville, NC 27320
Tel: 336-613-6320
Contact: Brenda Sutton
fogwood@ctc.net
http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M11285
We also have jams and jellies made in small batches. Right now plum and raspberry are available.
Foothills Family Farms is a collection of small, family farms in the Foothills region of beautiful
Western North Carolina. Our farmers came together in the fall of 2006 with a vision to revive and
nourish our land and its people. We believe that by providing fresh, sustainably grown foods we can
significantly contribute to a better quality of life for our farmers, consumers, neighbors and land.
Producer/members follow strict production protocols for all the products we sell. Ask about our
source-verified meats. Farm tours are available in the Old Fort area; call for more information.
Family memberships are available for $40/yr. Welcome to the Family!
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Fork Mountain Farm is a small family operated farm that is Certified Naturally Grown, using only
natural growing practices. We produce a variety of vegetables, herbs, and flowers. We are
currently selling at the Madison County Farmers Market in Mars Hill, NC on Saturdays.Email for
what's available each week.
We use organic practices to produce native and other interesting perennials, cut flowers, bedding
plants, and a wide variety of produce. Fall specialty: kiwi. Our chickens roam in a large fenced-in
yard.
Fox Farms
54 Labrador Lane, Burnsville, NC 28714
Tel: 828-682-1405
Contact: Susan and Alan Fox
yanceyfoxfarms@verizon.net
We are a small scale farm investing in a sustainable way of life. We use organic methods of farming.
We offer a variety of in-season vegetables, berries and melons. We will also offer such specialties
as sugar cane, pumpkins, sunflower seeds, luffa gourds and seeds and Jerusalem artichokes. We
offer goats' milk soap that we make from the milk we get from our dairy goats. We also have goats
to sell. We offer beeswax from our bees, candles and aromatherapy products. We also offer
Mountain and Native-American products such as; dreamcatchers, brain-tanned deer hide drums and
more. We also offer eggs.
We are in a very rural area of Yancey County outside the city limits of Burnsville. We are located off
Hwy 19, coming from Burnsville you turn right onto Jacks' Creek road and coming from Asheville
you turn left, then continue approx. 3 miles and turn right onto Star Branch Road and continue a
short distance and our farm is located on the right (Labrador Lane is our private road).
Freedom Farms
17 Lloyd's Way, Louisburg, NC 27549
Tel: 252-492-6633
Fax: 252-492-6633
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We raise an Award Winning Herd of Dexter Cattle and sell breeding and show stock as well as
all-natural heritage beef off-farm and by delivery of pre-orders. Animals are very humanely raised
without antibiotics, hormones, implants or steroids. All pasture raised, no feedlot confinement, low
stress environment. We also raise Muscovy Ducks and have over 100 multi-breed chickens roaming
completely free on our farm for insect eating and manure management. We offer meat / egg sales,
farm tours and visits by appointment 7 days a week. Call or email.
Over the mountains and through the coves and hollers, past cows, horses and goats lazily grazing
on mountainside pastures, you will find the magical paradise of Frog Holler. Mosey down
lavender-lined pathways through thousands of blooming flowers in the company of butterflies,
hummingbirds and songbirds. You may catch a glimpse of a fairy or angel hiding amongst the acres
of artistically arranged blossoms reminiscent of Italian and Austrian design.
A Magical Farm in the Smoky Mountains where Nature Rejoices...Enjoy the tranquil setting for
Catered Luncheons or any Special Event. Ask about our many educational workshops. Take home
some organic berries, vegetables, cut flowers and herbs. Our goal is to grow the healthiest plants
possible, since we grow the majority of the food we eat.
Frog Holler is also a flower farm with both old-time favorites and the uncommon.
Talk to us about your Dream Garden! We can design and create that special garden for you to
enjoy, whether you want flower gardens, extensive herb gardens or an heirloom fruit tree orchard!
Look for small and large garden statuary amongst the gardens and ponds.
Be sure to check out Frog Holler Helper, our special blend of over 7 types of Composts and
Manures, all aged to perfection. Grow the biggest, healthiest plants possible!
Enjoy the many different types of chickens, including exotic bantams. There are also heritage breed
turkeys and the guinea fowl come in 23 colors.
Fullam Creamery
115 Fullam Farm Drive, Hendersonville, NC 28739
Tel: 828-891-2086
fullamcreamery@yahoo.com
Fullam Creamery is a fourth generation dairy farm in Western North Carolina. The farm's goal is to
preserve the farming lifestyle by providing the freshest farmstead dairy products. The creamery
produces various types of cheese (mainly soft white cheeses with a hint of Latin American influence)
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The soft white cheeses include Queso Fresco and Panela. Both of these cheeses are available in a
variety of flavors such as garlic, onion, and herb. The spreadable yogurt cheese comes in various
flavors as well like herb, cilantro, peach, mango, and lemon. The yogurt is available in strawberry
and vanilla.
All of these products are available from the farm's on-site retail store that is open Fridays and
Saturdays.
The milk comes from cows that are fed an all-natural, grain-based diet and that are never
supplemented with hormones and antibiotics. The cows are not raised on pasture; they reside in an
open barn with bedding for each individual animal.
Gardens of Paradise
2755 Pleasant Hill Church Rd, Siler City, NC 27344
Tel: 919-742-5488
Contact: Bruce Paradis
PARADISERVCO@AOL.COM
Genesis Farm
1841 Jo Mac Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Tel: 919-968-4759
Contact: Dr. Trudy Matheny
theny2003@yahoo.com
We apply organic and biointensive methods to growing seasonal vegetables, herbs and cut flowers.
Free-range eggs. Sell directly from the farm. Check website for Genesis Farm School and farm
space available for birthday or private parties and weddings. Farm tours available by request with
advance notice.
We are a small family farm growing a variety of vegetables, fruits and herbs for wholesale and for
our roadside stand. We also have an onsite restaurant featuring wood fired pizzas, fresh meals
to-go and rustic hand rolled pastas, all made from our garden fresh produce and other locally
sourced ingredients. Check out our website for all our menus and other information.
Glencora
130 Medlin Road, Grover, NC 28073
Tel: 704-739-9327
Contact: Cynthia and Scott Glidden
http://glencora.com/
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We raise organic produce and pasture raised organic poultry. Specifically Standard Bronze and
Bourbon Red turkeys, Peking ducks, and chickens. We also milk Saanen dairy goats and have
Barbados Blackbelly sheep. We sell a variety of vegetables in season. We attend several farmers'
markets and do sell at the farm. Call first. Other inputs: compost, manure, mulch, organic grain for
poultry.
Glencora Farm
130 Medlin Road, Grover, NC 28073
Tel: 704-739-9327
Contact: Cynthia & Scott Glidden
glencoras@aol.com
Currently, we raise chicken, turkey, and ducks. People who are interested in purchasing these
products should call Cynthia and Scott Glidden at the farm.
Grandad's Tobacco
8703 Rollingwood Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Tel: 919-819-8210
Contact: Sun Butler
http://www.sotoyatobacco.com
Organic Tobacco - mail order - Organic Smoke, Inc. and Sotoya Ceremonial Tobacco
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GrassRoots Pork Co. animals are approved by the Animal Welfare Institute and by the Global
Animal Partnership. The Animal Welfare Approved seal is an assurance that animals have been
treated with the highest regard to welfare and have access to natural environments, shelter, and
adequate space, and nutrition.
We started our farm in 2003. We sell eggs and free-range chickens, turkeys and pork. You need to
place an order for the turkeys by June. We would like to get orders for chickens and customers pick
them up the day we process. We sell at Popular Grove Plantation 8am-1pm Wed and Riverfront
Market 8am-12:30pm Sat, both in Wilmington, NC. Call for times to sell off-farm. We will also have
vegetables.
Grateful Growers Farm, LLC uses humane animal husbandry and sustainable farming techniques
and raises organic produce. The farm offers pasture-raised chicken, pork, and eggs as well as
produce that is grown without synthetic chemicals. Our animals are treated humanely, and are not
pumped with hormones or antibiotics. We seek to farm in harmony with nature and are proud to
grow delicious, healthy food for our neighbors near and far. Products are available at the farm,
different farmer's markets, or can be ordered on our website; items ordered can be delivered or pork
products and produce can be shipped.
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Bob Hancock at Green Hill Farm specializes in pasture-raised beef and naturally-raised chicken.
While these are the main products of his farm, he also raises turkeys for Thanksgiving, and
occasionally ducks and guinea hens. All animals are hormone and antibiotic free, and the meat is
locally processed in Chatham County. Green Hill Farm sells at the Raleigh Farmers Market each
week.
Here at Green Jade Herbal we create natural herbal and aromatherapy products from plants
harvested here on the farm or ethically wildcrafted. We have created a wonderful line of completely
natural products including herbal teas, salves, creams, and bulk herbs. All of our products are made
in small batches and packaged by hand. Visit us online!
We are a family run Community Supported Agriculture farm. We use biodynamic and organic
practices on our 4 acres of cultivated vegetables and flowers. Sheep, pigs, chickens and bees live at
the farm. We have eggs and goat cheese available with our CSA share. We also offer pastured
pork CSA shares. We also sell at the Burnsville Farmers' Market and at the Greenlife grocery in
Asheville.
Produce, cut flowers, herbs, garden building, and consultation. We practice the Community
Supported Agriculture (CSA) model of direct marketing our farm's produce to socially responsible
and health conscious local consumers, like you! Certified organic produce, herbs and cut flowers.
Garden building from square footers to total landscape, plant-scapes for offices. CSA memberships
available.
Handance Farm
2541 Bakers Cross Rd, Reidsville, NC 27320
Tel: 336-951-0811
Contact: Brian and Pat Bush
handancen@netscape.net
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Produce, herbs, and flowers are sold at the Durham Farmer's Market and through a CSA
(Community Supported Agriculture). To subscribe please see the subscription tab on the web site.
Flower subscriptions are also available. We also sell to restaurants and host on-farm events such as
weddings, bar mitzvahs, etc.
Harris-Robinette Farms
Route 1 Box 36, Pinetops, NC 27864
Tel: 252-442-9314
Contact: Patrick Robinette
amy@harrisacresfarm.com
http://www.harrisacresfarm.com/
Harris Acres Farm strives to raise top-quality, naturally grown beef that is healthy and affordable.
We are committed to raising 100% grass-fed superior beef that is free of pesticides, hormones, and
genetically modified feedstuff.
Harris Acres Farm is committed to not only helping the environment but also supplying the quality
beef that consumer's desire. At Harris Acres Farm, our pastures either rely on plants that generate
their own fertilizers, or we apply natural nutrients to the soil. Our cattle are raised with care, and
consist of no growth hormones, antibiotics, or grain supplements. Our Senepol cattle are naturally
resistant to flies and parasites, therefore, reducing the use of unnatural chemical controls.
Family farm and non-electric homestead that combines sustainable logging and farm production
using draft animals with subsistence farming. Our kitchen garden of hand-dug beds provides a
variety of produce. Open fields rotate between row crops, green manure cover crops, and feed
crops for our livestock. Livestock provides fertilizer as well as meat, milk and eggs for our use. We
sell produce and sorghum molasses on the farm and at local farmers' markets.
Hartsell Farms
955 Patterson Rd., Salisbury, NC 28147
Tel: 704-636-4528
Contact: Mark & Melody Hartsell
hartsellfarms@aol.com
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edible flowers, and in 2006 will offer blackberries that customers can pick themselves. These items
are available by appointment only at the farm, and are usually at farmers' markets. Hartsell Farm
also features a corn maze in the fall, hayrides, fishing, and is open for rental for private parties.
Our 200-year-old family farm is an oasis of green in rapidly developing south Durham. We grow
blueberries and muscadine grapes. We are open June - October, depending on weather; Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday. Call 919-544-3313 for hours.
We raise natural red and black angus beef free of hormones, steroids, and antibiotics. Our cattle are
grazed on high quality forages in pasture management systems and finished on natural grains. We
group the cattle by age and weight to promote a healthful and stable environment. Our small herd
management style allows us to closely monitor each calf to maturity.
We raise hormone and antibiotic free beef, pork, lamb, and chicken on our family farm. Our beef and
lamb are grass-fed. Our products are available locally at Asheville area restaurants and health food
stores and directly from the farm during farm store hours on Thursday afternoons from 3 - 6 pm and
Saturdays 11-3. During Sept and Oct we are open everyday and offer a corn maze, u-pick
pumpkins, and apples.
We raise hormone and antibiotic free grass-fed beef and lamb on our family farm in northern Avery
County, NC, and sell these products by the quarter (beef) and the half (lamb) in the fall. Orders must
be placed in advance. Please call 828-898-4117 for more information.
Hilltop Farms
6612 Kennebec Road, Willow Springs, NC 27592
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Tel: 919-618-5601
Contact: Fred and Virginia Miller
info@hilltopfarms.org
http://www.hilltopfarms.org/
We are a certified organic produce farm, adhering to standard organic practices and sustainable
agricultural methods. We continue yearly to convert conventionally farmed family tobacco lands into
organic fields. Our CSA delivers to Raleigh and Cary and we operate a farm stand, pick-your own
organic strawberry operation, and welcome farm tours here in Willow Springs in southern Wake Co.
Hogan's Magnolia View Farm has been managed by the same family for over 200 years. The
current farmers, Robert and Ann Hogan, raise grass-fed cattle out on pasture year-round and offer
the beef in a range of cuts straight from the farm.
Robert is a professional farmer. He graduated with a degree in Animal Husbandry from NC State
and is a registered farmer with the state of North Carolina. All beef from Hogan Magnolia View Farm
is processed at a state registered facility.
The beef is entirely grass-fed; the cattle are not finished on grain. Beef is sold packaged and frozen
from the farm and is available year-round. Customers can call or email anytime to place an order.
Hoganvillaea Farm
PO Box 253, Moncure, NC 27559
Tel: 919-545-9932
Fax: 919-545-2873
Contact: Judy Hogan
judyhogan@mindspring.com
I want to feed myself and others healthy organic food. I have eggs and organic rye bread year
round, figs and scuppernong grapes in September, occasional vegetables and other fruits, herbs
(fresh and dried) including my new crop, Self-heal, good for colds and allergies. Contact me by
phone or email before coming by. Pittsboro Farmers' Market 2008.
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Holly Hill Farm is a 65 acre certified organic family farm. We sell and deliver a large variety of
produce, herbs, flowers, vegetable and herb transplants, and indigenous plants. Upon request the
farm is available for educational classes to teach children and adults about organic farming.
I am an herb grower and beekeeper on my small farm. I create natural herbal body care products
from herbs grown on the farm and the product of my bee hives: beeswax, honey, and propolis. My
farm and beehives are managed without pesticides so you can be assured the products I make and
the honey I sell are pure and safe. My honey is raw, unfiltered and not heated, straight from the
bees to you. Please check out my website for more info about the farm, bees and how I make these
products.
Honeysuckle Farm
241 Honeysuckle Lane, Lansing, NC 28643
Tel: (336) 977-9098
Contact: Deborah Baldridge and Michael Lewis
honeysucklenrog@gmail.com
We are a small family farm in the Appalachian Mountains in Northwestern Ashe County. We are
certified organic specializing in Sugar Snap Peas, Snow Peas, Blue Lake Green Beans, and Rose
Finn Apple Fingerling Potats. IN 2007 we intend to produce other crops: heirloom tomats and a
variety of greens. ;Organic fertilizers, Organic fungicides, Organic pesticides, Organic
herbicides;Beneficial insect habitat, Cover crops/soil building rotations, Integrated Pest
Management;;;Wholesale, Direct to Consumers, Direct to Stores/Restaurants, Co-op, Farmers'
Market;ECO, Ashe Co. Farmers' Market, Watauga Co. Farmers' Market, New River Organic
Growers
Selling vegetables, including heirloom tomats, directly to consumers grown on our farm in southern
Granville County.
Humbug Farm
6512 Rex Road, Holly Springs, NC 27540
Tel: 919-557-0471
Contact: Kate Shirley
Kate@humbugfarm.com
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http://www.humbugfarm.com/
Humbug Farm raises Border Leicester sheep for show and sale. Of course, by-products such as
wool, lamb, and finished goods from their renewable fleeces are also available.
Humbug Farm also raises Nubian and Saanen dairy goats for milk.
Imladris Farm
45 Little Pond Road, Fairview, NC 28730
Tel: 828-628-9377
Contact: Walter and Wendy Harrill
imladrisfarm@earthlink.net
http://www.imladrisfarm.com/
Shhh... hear that? Songbirds courting in the raspberry canes? Or the heavy silence of snowflakes
slowly blanketing the blueberry bushes? Perhaps the early morning songs of berry pickers,
harvesting before the midday heat? At any time of year, a visit to Imladris Farm is an adventure of
flavor and a chance to rejoin the age-old cycle of seasons.
ISeeSpots Farm
6007 Rocky Valley Road, Greensboro, NC 27407
Tel: 336-854-6209
Fax: 336-854-9314
Contact: Mary Ellen Hansson
knitright@iseespots.com
http://www.iseespots.com/iseespots/index.html
J and S Farm
8743 NC Highway 150 South, Linwood, NC 27299
Tel: 336-665-0350
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Fax: 336-752-2886
Contact: John and Sue Marshall
We sell our products and those of over 40 other NC growers at our store in the Piedmont Triad
Farmers Market at 2914 Sandy Ridge Rd. and I-40 (Exit 208). Open 10 to 6 every day. Providing a
full line of organic produce, dairy, eggs, meat and much more. Heritage Breeds: Chickens and
Turkeys. Also ducks, geese, guinea, quail, pheasants, rabbits. Other inputs: Portable Hoop Tractors.
K. W. Gettys Farm
1126 Gettys Rd , Ellenboro, NC 28040
Tel: 828-453-7485
Contact: Polly Gettys
Natural Beef - hormone and antibiotic free. Sold by the quarter - all cuts are vacuum packed and
aged. Processed in NCDA, USDA inspected facility. Call for harvest dates. Family farm.
Kellam-Wyatt Farm
731 N Rogers Lane, Raleigh, NC 27610
Tel: 919-231-2827
Contact: Robert Kellam and Susan Wyatt
bob_kellam@msn.com
Located on the eastern edge of Raleigh, off Business 64 East. 60 acres. Gardening organically and
sustainably since 1970. In 2004, formed a cooperative to provide fruits and vegetables to
subscribers. Grow 40 varieties of produce ranging from greens, tomats, corn, squash, beans, okra,
and cucumbers to strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and muscadine grapes.
Killen Farms
33 Holly Run, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tel: 919-466-6847
Contact: Jason Killen
killen@lssi.net
We have been engaged in organic market gardening since 1989. Salad crops, along with garlic and
potats, are our main vegetable enterprises. We also offer seasonal pasture-raised broilers late
Spring through Fall and pastured turkeys once a year fresh for Thanksgiving.
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The cattle and lamb at Lazy J Cattle Ranch are strictly grass-fed. The animals receive no grain and
they are never supplemented with antibiotics, hormones, or animal by-products. The Jobsises
practice rotational and inter-species grazing and observe eco-friendly, pasture-based management.
Lazy J Cattle Ranch is a small operation and, as such, meat is generally available seasonally.
Customers should call ahead of time to inquire about availability. Meat is sold from the farm frozen
by the cut or in ¼ cuts, which are not frozen.
Little Tree Farm grows a variety of vegetables, flowers and fruits. We are working to improve the
land through cover cropping, crop rotation, and animal rotation. We raise bees for honey and
pollination. Our poultry provides us with eggs, meat (stewing hens, broilers, heritage and standard
turkeys, and occasionally guineas), soil fertility and aeration as well as endless entertainment.
We offer organicially grown heritage variety red raspberries, blueberries, wineberries, thornless
blackberries, strawberries, heirloom variety apples, also plants/trees for sale, including all the above,
and backcrossed hybrids of American Chestnut, Persimmons, Mulberry, and Hackberry. Brook trout
to for U-Catch! Open every day 9 a.m. to dark. Please call ahead for directions. Hiking trails through
protected wildlife habitat and ecological sanctuary to 5,152 ft. Big Sandy Mush Bald. Solar energy
demos, working examples of appropriate technology.
Grass-fed beef, vegetables, free-range eggs, honey, herbs, special order seasonal cut flower and
native materials, bouquets, and arrangements for all occasions. Unique containers for Mother's Day
- Labor Day, call to place order and see website.
Mae Farm
57 Mitchell Church Way, Louisburg, NC 27549
Tel: 252-430-1988
Contact: Michael and Suzanne Jones
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maefarmmeats@embarqmail.com
http://maefarmmeats.com/index.shtml
We sell free range pork, beef, and goats at MAE farm, while working with local environment groups
to ensure that the 73 acres we farm will have little environmental impact. We want to ensure that the
land and the land that surrounds us will be safely enjoyed for generations to come. Farm tours and
nature walks are available to school and civic groups by appointment. This is a great opportunity to
view animals enjoying a free-range environment. Certified by Animal Welfare Institute for high
welfare pig husbandry standards.
Maple Lane Homestead is a small family farm that raises cows, rabbits, hogs, sheep, chickens, and
goats. In addition to the meat they provide, we have many fine by-products! The first to come were
Jacob sheep. In that same year, we added German Angora Rabbits and some colored crosses.
Recently, we bought a Cormo ram and a Romney ewe. In addition to full-blooded Jacobs, we are
starting a small spinning flock. Products are available at farmer's markets or direct from the farm.
Our farm continues to grow and change, so please visit often to keep track of all the new
happenings!
Maple Spring Gardens is a family owned and operated farm in northwestern Orange County, North
Carolina, about 20 miles from Chapel Hill. We raise about 80 different varieties of vegetables, cut
flowers and small fruits for sale to local markets. Our produce is available at the Carrboro Farmers
Market and Durham Farmers Markets throughout the season, and by subscription through our CSA
(Community Supported Agriculture).
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In 1995, the first conservation easement on the farm property was granted to the Triangle Land
Conservancy to insure continuation of the farming and dairy operations. This easement designates
that Maple View Farm land will be used for agricultural purposes or as open land forever
The Holsteins' diet consists of grass and a custom mix grain. The grain is grown and on the farm
and consists of barley silage (with crimson clover), corn silage, grain (including brewers grain, whole
corn), whole cotton seed and high quality alfalfa hay. Maple View Farm grinds its own grain on the
farm.
The dairy cattle never receive hormones and are only administered antibiotics if they fall ill. Cows
that do receive antibiotics are removed from the herd and are not milked again until antibiotic
residues are undetectable. The dairy cows are not pastured; they live in an open barn on bedding.
Almost all the milk produced on the farm is processed and bottled on-site at Maple View Farm's
bottling operation. Only Maple View Farm milk is bottled on-site. Milk is sold in returnable glass
bottles. Products include whole milk, low-fat milk, skim milk, chocolate milk, buttermilk, and butter.
Maple View Farms also operates three separate stores in the immediate area”a
http://www.mapleviewfarm.com/pages/countrystore.html Country Store located on-site which sells
milk, butter, and ice cream; and two ice cream stores, one located in
http://www.mapleviewfarm.com/pages/MVF2.html Hillsborough on Hampton Pointe Blvd and the
other in http://www.mapleviewfarm.com/pages/MVF3.html Carrboro on East Weaver Street.
Matlock Creek Farm is located in western North Carolina. Not only is Matlock Creek Farm
committed to growing and selling produce and free-range poultry eggs of the highest quality, we are
also committed to sharing our knowledge and techniques to encourage all gardeners and farmers to
utilize the tested and proven farming methods we use. Serving as an educational outlet offering
educational topics including soil preparation, to planting techniques, weeding and pest control,
compost tutorials, questions on raising farm animals and farm management, Matlock Creek Farm
also has a media center on location. An extensive library is also available with gardening and
farming books pertaining to a variety of agricultural topics. <P Matlock Creek Farm is North
Carolina's headquarters for organic amendments and supplies, offering soil testing, as well as
microbial assays. Additionally, we offer information on producing your own biodiesel. <P
Combining old farming methods with new farming research, we harvest high quality seasonal
produce and free-range poultry eggs at local farmers' markets as well as at our own market on
location.
Maverick Farms
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Maverick Farms formed in spring 2004 to preserve a small farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of
North Carolina, an area under intense pressure from development. It operates as an open
laboratory, experimenting with human-scale farming techniques and traditional food preparation.
Maverick Farms works to reclaim the pleasures of eating and sharing meals in a culture overrun by
industrial agriculture and flavorless food. The project arose out of Springhouse Farm, which for 30
years sold hand-picked vegetables to local restaurants. Maverick Farms is continuing with that
tradition while embarking on new education and outreach projects to connect local food producers
and consumers.
Guests will experience the hustle and bustle of life on a working farm, as well as the relaxed
atmosphere we strive to create. Each comfortable guest room is private and most have reading
chairs and desks. There are many sitting areas around the farmhouse and yard to rest and have
conversation (including hammocks by the creek). One of the farm members, Sara Safransky, is a
certified yoga instructor, and offers private yoga classes geared to any level. Breakfasts are made
available and feature selections composed entirely of all-natural, locally-raised products.
Two rooms are available to guests, and the creek and chickens can be heard in the background.
Prices, which are listed on the Maverick Farm "http://www.maverickfarms.com/agritourism.html"
website, are for short visits; (mailto:info@maverickfarms.com" contact us about discounts for longer
stays.
Since 1919, our family farm has been in the business of raising quality beef cattle on the rolling
pastureland near Lousburg in Franklin County, NC. We recently began direct marketing our natural
(no antibiotics nor added hormones) beef and chevon (goat meat) at area Farmers Markets
(Durham Farmers Market - year round on Saturday's - main market) and at our farm by
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appointment. We have Angus beef raised all on pasture with a limited amount of farm-produced
grain (oats/barley/hay) given. In the fall of year, our farm is open to school groups for farm visits
(free pumpkin); on Sat. and Sun, May 16 and 17, 2009, we will be on the Annual Franklin County
Farm Foods Tour.. from 11 a.m. -- 5 p.m.. Hope you can visit! Give us a call for quality meats or a
farm visit.
Meadowbright Farm
323 Old Express Road, Louisburg, NC 27549
Tel: 919-496-3097
Contact: Sheryl and Ed Munt
meadowbrightfarm@hotmail.com
Bright meadows bring forth vegetables, fruits, flowers and herbs. In the pasture happy chickens
produce free-range eggs and Thanksgiving turkeys grow plump (put your order in early!). In the
woods shiitake mushrooms grow on specially prepared logs. Purchase direct from the farm,
Farmers' Market or our CSA.
Michael Muller raises all-natural, grass-fed beef on chemical free pastures just northwest of Durham
in Orange County. The cattle are entirely grass-fed (they never receive grain nor are they finished
on grain) and they are never administered hormones, antibiotics, wormers, insect control agents, or
vaccinations. They roam on pasture with constant access to food and water and are handled in such
a way as to minimize stress as much as possible.
Cattle are not slaughtered until beef is ordered. An entire animal must be reserved before going to
processing. Various amounts of meat”½, ¼, etc.”are generally split up amongst different
customers. After placing their order, customers requesting specific cuts, i.e. ground, steaks, etc.,
can submit their requests to Michael who will inform the butcher. It is advised that customers call
ahead of time to inquire about availability. Do not call the-day-of expecting to order and pick up
meat.
Millarckee Farm
6833 Bethel South Fork Road, Graham, NC 27253
Tel: 336-376-6978
Contact: Danie Tolfree
http://www.carrborofarmersmarket.com/millarckee.shtml
Organically grown (uncertified) for 25 years on the same two acres using a permanent path/bed
system on three-year rotations, with cover crops, green manures, crop rotations, aged compost and
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manure, ground rock, and soil microorganisms. Major crops: salad greens, pea greens, peas, basil,
tomats, peppers. Call for farm sales.
MillStone Farm and Gardens grows a large variety of spring, summer and cool weather vegetables
as well as Cut Flowers. Visit us at one of our 3 markets or call us to schedule an on-farm
appointment.
Moore Farm
5539 Liberty Grove Road, Lot # 9, Liberty, NC 27298
Tel: 336-228-1753 ext. 3
Contact: Brad Moore
My pigs get to do what they do naturally: graze, root, and play in the sunshine without added
hormones or antibiotics! They are fed home grown grains and rotate on small paddocks of grasses,
crop residues, and annual crops. A variety of pork products are sold at the Piedmont Triad Farmers'
Market and directly to consumers by appointment only.
Call for availability of apples and other fruits, nuts, honey, produce, herbs, preserves, apple trees
and perennials.
Mountain Farm
125 Copperhead Bend, Burnsville, NC 28714
Tel: 828-675-4856
Contact: Jerry and Marilyn Cade
marilyn@mountainfarm.net
http://www.mountainfarm.net
(http://www.mountainfarm.net" Mountain Farm is a 24-acre lavender, blueberry, and dairy goat farm
in the Southern Appalachians of North Carolina.
Our small herd, which is entirely hormone and antibiotic free, includes registered Saanen, Alpine,
Oberhasli, and Nubian goats.
We are dedicated to preserving our land as a farm that provides safe, natural, and beautiful
products. We enthusiastically embrace environmental methods to protect these woods, pastures,
and streams. As the farm prospers, we will be able to increase the number of workers from our rural
community. These goals are the foundation of sustainable agriculture and the farm stewardship
foundation.
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Our pick-your-own blueberries ripen in June and July. Heavenly lavender blooms from June to
September. Our goats produce milk, which we sell for use in pet food. Handmade goat milk soap is
also available for purchase.
Farm visits are welcome Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5 pm. Bottle feed the kids in season,
hike the trails, picnic at the pond, or sit in a chair in a lavender field and just inhale. Please call
ahead.
From this family owned and operated farm, enjoy choosing between 14 varieties of apples, fresh
mountain cabbage, locally grown tomats and other vegetables, fresh or pasteurized cider, apple
butter, pumpkin butter, peach butter, chow chow, honey, jams/jellies, pickles, apple cider spice,
kitchen products, pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn, and so much more.
Mountain Gardens
546 Shuford Creek Road, Burnsville, NC 28714
Tel: 828-675-5664
Contact: Joe Hollis
http://www.mountaingardensherbs.com/
Mountain Gardens is a 3-acre "botanical garden of useful plants," specializing in perennial food
plants and medicinal herbs. We sell seeds and plants, fresh and dried medicinal herbs, and
medicinal herb preparations (tinctures, salves). More information at website.
Offerings include seasonal vegetables, fruit, herbs and cut flowers - all grown without the use of
synthetic fertilizers or chemicals. Emphasis is placed on the use of heirloom vegetables and starting
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plants from seed for increased variety and flavor. Sales are direct-to-consumer through both a
22-week CSA and at the Pittsboro Farmers' Market. Season runs April thru October.
Nantahala Farm
477 Long Branch Road, Topton, NC 28781
Tel: 828-321-9036
Contact: Nancy Shirley
orders@healthtreasures.com
http://www.nantahala-farm.com/
Nantahala Farm sells chicken eggs, chicks and chickens. We specialize in endangered heirloom
breeds such as Dominique and Brabanter. We also sell Nigerian Dwarf and Toggenburg goats. We
sell New Zealand rabbits for meat, fur, or as pets. We grow some of the food for our animals. Other
crop inputs: on-farm manure
Narnia Farms
70 Lynn Cove Rd, Asheville, NC 28804
Tel: 828-255-4999
Contact: Glenn Kopp
kopp1@mindspring.com
We have produced organic vegetables on 20 acres since 1989. A variety of seasonal vegetables are
grown year 'round. For the past five years focus has been on heirloom varieties. On-farm, sales are
by appointment only, with sales at the Charlotte Regional market. The market is open year 'round; I
am there Saturdays only.
Certified organic farm, serving the entire Lake Norman area. CSA, produce, eggs, chickens, honey
We are a small family farm in operation since 1990. Growing on five acres, we focus on the soil and
the art of growing vegetables. We also offer free-range chicken, pastured pork, and turkey.
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We are a small family farm in operation since 1990. Growing on five acres, we focus on the soil and
the art of growing vegetables. We also offer free-range chicken, pastured pork, and turkey.
Newberry's Blueberries
5387 NC Highway 53 East, Burgaw, NC 28425
Tel: 910-259-7436
Contact: Susie Newberry
Nu Horizons Farm
975 Pittsboro Goldston Road, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tel: 919-542-4007
Fax: 919-542-4007
Contact: Susan & Leigh Loraine
nuhorizonsfarm@earthlink.net
I raise horses and use their composted manure for my 1/4 acre garden. My small CSA has a fall
season and a spring season, each of 13 weeks. I cover crop / green manure in the summer, to build
up soil for cool weather vegetables and use only OMRI-approved pesticides and fertilizers.
Located in beautiful Nantahala, OCTF provides fresh rainbow trout whole, fillet, and live for pond
stocking, educational tours, and ½ mile stocked creek to anglers. Call for pricing; delivery available.
Because we're a working farm, please contact us early to schedule your tour to learn more about
aquaculture, supporting local farmers, and enjoying farm-fresh products. Open year-round 8
a.m.-sunset.
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We are the first CSA in Transylvania County, nestled in the Wester North Carolina Mountains. We
will be offering 50 full share, half shares available. Aside from a wide variety or high quality, organic
vegetables we will be offering workshops, classes, field trips, and volunteer opportunities. We are
developing pasture poultry, honey bees, and beef. Please join us and help our farm grow!
Parker Farms
8015 Tilley Road, Hurdle Mills, NC 27541
Tel: 919-732-6366
Contact: Randall and Renee Parker
rparkerfarms@myfam.com
http://www.freewebs.com/parkerfarms/
Parker Farms is dedicated to producing an all natural pork. Our pigs and chickens are allowed free
access to open pastures. Our family strives to be good stewards of our animals and land. Pork and
eggs can be purchased at the farm. Call for availability.
A small farm interested in providing healthy food for people interested in their health. We grow
vegetables and blueberries naturally and also raise grass-fed beef without any hormones, antibiotics
or other growth enhancers. Our beef is never fed grain at any time. We sell direct to consumers
from our farm.
Honey enjoys a reputation like no other food. It is one of nature's most versatile products. One of
man's earliest foods, it has been valued throughout civilizations. At Peaceful Valley Honey, nothing
is more important to us than preserving honey's golden reputation. We take special care to keep in
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in its natural state, so that the nutrients are preserved and the honey remains pure.
Contained in these pages, you will find information to help you educate yourself about the benefits
of natural raw honey. After you get to know us, we are confident that you, too will want Peaceful
Valley Honey in your home.
Greg with Frame of HoneybeesCourtney at Bee HivesKristen Gets Ready to Check Bee
HivesJordan Operates Honey Extractor
Greg examines frame, Courtney checks hives, Kristen readies to check hives, Jordan extracts
honey.
Along with our fine all natural raw honey, we also offer beeswax candles and cosmetics. Our lip
balms and lotion bars are made with wholesome natural and organic ingredients to nourish your
skin.
Peaceful Valley Honey is a family business. While some of our kids have grown up and moved too
far away to help us on a regular basis, most of them live close enough to make it home during the
really busy times at the apiary. At only fifteen minutes away, Courtney is able to spend considerable
time working with us. We appreciate that help.
Peregrine Farm
9418 Perry Road, Graham, NC 27253
Tel: 336-376-6320
Fax: 336-376-0014
Contact: Alex and Betsy Hitt
abhitt@mindspring.com
Since 1981 Alex and Betsy have been growing the finest quality cut flowers, small fruits, and
vegetables for the Triangle market while also raising heritage Thanksgiving turkeys.
Developing a sustainable farming system using the most environmentally responsible methods and
materials has been a guiding principle from the beginning. Alex and Betsy are both full time farmers.
The farm is situated on the banks of the Haw River, in the Eli Whitney community in southern
Alamance County. Members of the Carrboro Farmers' Market since 1986, they are committed to
building a local food system. While the Carrboro Farmers' Market is the major outlet, their products
are also available at other local retail outlets.
E-mail the farm to receive an e-newsletter and reserve a turkey. Orders (deposit required) for
Thanksgiving turkeys are taken starting in late August and confirmed two weeks before
Thanksgiving. Turkeys can be picked up at the Carrboro Farmer's Market on the Tuesday before
Thanksgiving.
Perry-winkle Farm
1061 White Cross Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Tel: 919-933-6189
Contact: Cathy Jones & Mike Perry
perrywinklefarm@aol.com
Diversity is the name of the game at Perry-winkle Farm. We market at 3 local farmers' markets and
grow seasonal vegetables and cut flowers for sales from March through December. Flocks of laying
hens, housed in "eggmobiles" move around the farm's fields acting as gleaners while providing
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Peterson Farm
4255 Mt. Gilead Church Rd, Sophia, NC 27350
Tel: 336-861-4062
Contact: Joe Peterson
joe@petersonrealfood.com
http://www.petersonrealfood.com
At Peterson Farm, they are committed to producing the best tasting, most healthy food possible, in a
sustainable way. They call it 'real food.' They care for the soil, water, air, plants, animals, and
especially their customers. They never use pesticides or commercial fertilizers on their crops or
routine antibiotics or growth hormones in their animals. Everything is grown in harmony with nature.
Plants are given organic nutrients, which not only nourish the plants but also the soil organisms.
They let chickens be chickens, cows be cows, and pigs be pigs according to their nature and needs.
Every food product raised on Peterson Farm yields a great tasting bounty that is full of nutrients.
Philosophy Farm
537 Wilson Branch Road, Mars Hill, NC 28754
Tel: 828-680-9484
Contact: Krys and Steve Crimi
We are a small biodynamic/permaculture farm raising a wide variety of vegetables, fruit, herbs and
plants. We have angora goats, cotswold sheep and a llama who give us hand-spun fibers and
knitted products. We have a labyrinth and a number of shrines, house the Alan Chadwick
Biodynamic Archive, and show uplifting films in our barn in the warm weather. We sell in local stores
and restaurants. Visits by appointment. Other crop inputs include biodynamic preparations and
compost.
Piedmont Biofarm
78 Coyote Run, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tel: 919-444-9680
Contact: Doug Jones
piedmontbiofarms@yahoo.com
http://www.biofuels.coop/csa/
Our farm is located next to Piedmont Biofuels Industrial. We grow vegetables year-round, using
season extension techniques, marketing almost as much in winter as in summer. We grow a lot of
vegetable seed, and sell some, especially seed garlic. Our on-farm research includes extensive
variety trials and plant breeding, with a special focus on peppers and brassicas.
Sweet potats, collards, kale, cabbage, broccoli, pastured pork and chickens.
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garlic and cut flowers, will sell at Farmers' Market in King summer 2008.
Polecat Mountain Farm is located on the eastern edge of the North Carolina Piedmont just 15 miles
north of Oxford. We can't begin to tell you how excited we are about what we are doing here. Our
mission is good, healthy, clean, chemical free food for ourselves and others. Humane treatment of
our land and animals is our standard.
Our poultry for meat and eggs are raised on pasture and are only fed organic feed. Pasture raised
broilers are available early summer to fall. Goats feast on grasses and bush throughout the warm
spring and summer months. During the winter they are fed all-natural grain, which the hogs receive
as well, that's grown on a local farm. We also grow a variety of vegetables including pole beans,
zucchini, and silver queen corn.
Pop Acres
1960 Hwy 274, Cherryville, NC 28021
Tel: 704-435-2561
Contact: Allen Hoyle
ahoyle@lincoln.k12.nc.us
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We are a small family owned and managed farm that offers four types of CSA memberships. One
can sign up for participation in a Produce and Herb, Flower, Poultry/Eggs/Bread or Pork CSA.
Shareholders may pick up at the farm or choose to have delivery every Wednesday, 2-6pm. Many
varieties of vegetables and flowers are grown. Flowers can be purchased by the stem or in
bouquets. We offer recipes, tours, special events and classes. Established in 1994, we maintain
strict organic farming methods. CSA Membership applications are due February 1st of each year
and can be obtained, by request, through our website.
Poppy's Knob is a small family farm and garden owned and operated by Jeff and Cynthia Lowrance
and our two sons Mason and Caleb. We are located in the Western North Carolina Appalachian
Mountains just out side of Boone, NC.
We raise a variety of garden vegetables, free range poultry and eggs, pork, and Jersey cattle.
We strive to be good stewards of the land by maintaining and enhancing soil, water and air quality
through sustainable farming practices. Our crops are grown without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides,
or herbicides. We use compost, cover crops, mulching and crop rotation to encourage healthy soil
and plants and to build long term fertility.
Our livestock is raised humanely, on rotated pasture without the use of hormones, anibiotics or any
other unnecessary chemicals. They are free to graze, root and socialize which makes for a happier,
healthier, superior meat product.
Our goal is to always provide the highest quality products to all of our customers.
We a small family operation located in Wendell, NC. Our product is fresh shiitake mushrooms grown
on white oak logs without pesticides. We currently sell direct to customers and local resturants.
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brianeagan@proffittfarms.com
http://www.proffittfarms.com
Delicious, organic U-pick raspberries, an old timer's local variety, are available Saturdays in June
and September-October. Weekday picking by appointment. Raspberry plants available April-June.
Picking updates on our website.
R Farm, Inc.
1530 New Stock Road, Weaverville, NC 28787
Tel: 828-779-9028
Fax: 828-658-0615
Contact: John Rowland and Karen Osborne-Rowland
johnrowland@verizon.net
Greens, peppers, potats, winter squash, leeks and fennel, zucchini, lettuce, basil, explorations into
mushroom production. Marketing through Carolina Organic Growers and Eastern Carolina Organics.
Organic farm incubator; educational farm where opportunity is available to learn the skill of organic,
small-scale, sustainable farming. Organically grown produce and herbs, workshops, walking trails,
working windmill. The farm is a site on the NC Birding Trail. Volunteer, lean, buy produce, grow your
farm! Please call to arrange a visit. Physical location: Highway 211 at Andrews Road, Red Springs,
NC 28377. Other crop inputs: onsite vermicomposting, compost tea production.
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Rainbow Meadow Farms is an eighth generation family farming operation. We utilize multi-species
intensive grazing practices to produce lamb, poultry, eggs and pastured pork for our customers. We
sell directly from the farm, via our website www.rmfmeats.com and at the New Bern Farmer's
Market. Our meats are hormone/antibiotic free.
Rare Earth Farms is a producer of 100% all-natural, grass-fed Angus beef, raised in an open-air and
free-range environment. All beef is raised without any antibiotics, hormones or steroids. Our
all-natural beef offers a healthy alternative to commercially raised feedlot beef. All of our animals are
raised according to the approved standards of the Animal Welfare Institute. Rare Earth Farms is a
locally owned family-farm operation.
Wholesale only through New River Organic Growers & Eastern Carolina Organics; heritage apples,
vegetables, beef cattle.
Red Feather Farm is 116 acres near the South Mountains upon which no pesticides or herbicides
have been used in over 28 years. The cattle are 100% grass fed with no steroids, hormones or
antibiotic-laced feed ever used. Meat is sold directly to the consumer. We use a NCDA inspected
local processor and sell half, 1/4 sides, and sample packs.
Ripshin Goat Dairy is a family farm between Lenoir and Blowing Rock, NC. We raise Saanen dairy
goats and sell our handmade cheeses at farmer's markets in Boone and Hickory, NC, and on the
farm. Our chevre is available plain or herbed with fresh, organically grown herbs from our gardens.
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128 acres of fields, meadows and woodland in Randolph Co. and home to our flock of 200 sheep as
well as a number of Angora goats, llamas, beef cattle and chickens. From three breeds of sheep we
sell breeding stock, lamb fleeces and roving, yarn, sheepskins, blankets and soap. Group tours by
pre-arrangement. Shearing Day (Feb.), Spring Open House (Apr), and Farmfest (Sept) open to the
public.
Rock House Farm LLC is a working farm . We sell Wagyu cattle, Wagyu beef, Wagyu Semen and
Emybro's , English Heritage Breed Pork, Large Blacks , Gloucestershire Olde Spots and Berkshires.
All raised naturally without inorganic inputs, petroleum based products or man made chemical
additives or medicines. Rock House Farm is owned by individuals who care about how the food we
eat is produced, cared for, handled and the sustainability of our farm with regards to the land it
occupies and the community around it. Our aim is to supply sustainable, environmentally sound and
healthy food to our family, friends, and community while taking serious the responsibility for our land,
plants and animals in a holistically managed manner.
Rockings Farm
567 Garvey Rd., Piney Creek, NC 28663
Tel: 336-359-8324
Fax: 336-359-8498
Contact: Alan and Pam Souther
rockingsfarm@yahoo.com
http://www.rockingsfarm.com/
Rockings Farm is a family owned farm and nursery. We provide certified organic greenhouse
transplants and vegetables. We also raise pastured lamb and beef naturally with no hormones or
antibiotics finished on organic alfalfa which is also available to other farms.
Rogers Farm
212 Sylvan School Road, Snow Camp, NC 27349
Tel: 919-966-5187
Contact: Ruth and Billy Rogers
brogers@unch.unc.edu
Rogers Farm has grass-fed beef, vegetables, and flowers available; to purchase any of these items
just call the farm.
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Located halfway between Siler City and Pittsboro, Rose Hill Farm is a sustainable operation that gs
to great lengths to raise a variety of animals in an environmentally conscious setting. The
Youngbloods have been farming here since 1998 and their operation was once certified organic.
While the farm is no longer certified (due to expenses), the same principles that govern organic
standards are strictly observed”none of the animals are supplemented with antibiotics, hormones, or
animal by-products in their feed, they are all fed all-natural diets, and each animal is raised in a
natural, humane setting. Cattle, goats, turkeys, guinea hens, chickens, ducks, and rabbits all call the
farm home.
Rose Hill Farm's cattle spend their entire lives on grass”pasture-born and pasture-finished. The
cows feed exclusively on grass and grass alone throughout much of the year, although they may
receive a small amount of grain in the winter to supplement their diet. While on pasture, the cattle
are never permitted to wade into the farm's ponds and creeks. The Youngbloods have a special
arrangement with the EPA which provides them with fences that guard their waterways from
wandering livestock and thus keeps the water clean and clear. The goats are raised in much the
same manner”pasture-raised and grass-fed.
Chickens and turkeys are raised outdoors throughout the warm months, but do spend some time
inside during the winter to protect them from the cold. The turkeys are outside for a longer amount of
time, as they are hardier animals. While inside, however, the birds are given more than enough
room to themselves, approximately 4 to 8 square feet/bird. The guinea hens are raised indoors,
while the ducks are free-ranged.
All of the meats are available year-round from the farm and at area farmers' markets, specifically the
Raleigh Farmers' Market and the High Cross Market in Cary. Rose Hill Farm products can be
purchased at the Raleigh market seven days a week throughout the year and at the High Cross
Market on Saturdays. The meats are available in a variety of cuts”the beef is processed into custom
cuts (steaks, ground, etc.) while the birds are sold whole and in parts. The Youngbloods actually
operate a USDA-inspected poultry processing facility on their farm, which is where they process
their own birds, of course, along with poultry from a number of farms from as far away as Alabama
and Kansas. Meats are also available by shipment via UPS.
We are a family owned farm producing fresh vegetables in the summer, pastured poultry,
pasture-raised pork, shiitake mushrooms, free-range eggs. We operate with draft horses and do not
use modern equipment.
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Runaway Scrape
884 Piney Ridge Road, Forest City, NC 28043
Tel: 828-395-1825
Contact: Judi and Dick Gustafson
We have just moved to NC and are just setting up our farm. We hope to sell vegetables at the
farmers' market and other local outlets. All this selling is new to us, but we are excited... and scared.
Ed and Lilian Updike raise a small herd of lambs mainly for wool production. A very small amount of
lamb meat is available for purchase from the farm once a year, usually in late October or early
November. Most of this lamb normally gs to neighbors or friends. The Updikes do produce a good
amount of raw wool or fleece that can be purchased from the farm. Some of the fleeces are even
natural chocolate brown.
Running Pine Herb Farm is located in the rolling hills of Rockingham County near Reidsville, North
Carolina. We grow culinary and medicinal herbs that we sell at local farmer's markets and herb
festivals around the state. We practice organic methods, but are not certified. We are creating
display gardens at the farm, but they are currently under construction. We also are starting to sell
produce at the farmer's markets. We offer many unusal herbs that cannot be found at the local
garden center. We also carry a large variety of scented geraniums.
Ruppert's Roost
PO Box 833, Star, NC 27356
Tel: 910-572-1393
Fax: 919-572-8177
Contact: Nancy Ruppert
Local raw honey, retail. Hours variable; may call 7:30 am - 10:00 pm 7 days/week. Other inputs: no
crop additives, all-natural parasite control.
We produce locally grown, certified organic vegetables on our small family farm. We sell our
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products at the New Bern Farmers' Market in New Bern, NC on Saturdays and plan to have a
roadside stand up this summer near the farm. We grow lettuces, cabbage, beets, radishes, turnips,
sweet potats, tomats, peppers, swiss chard, sugar snap peas, okra, onions, herbs, squash,
cucumbers, and much more!
SecondWind Farm
308 Southwind Lane, Hillsborough, NC 27278
Tel: 919-245-1018
Contact: Vera and Jim Shanley
vera@verapottery.com
http://www.verapottery.com/sub.php?farm
36 Acre farm and fruit orchard growing local cut flowers, vegetables, and fruit.
SEEDS
706 Gilbert Street, Durham, NC 27701
Tel: 919-683-1197
Fax: 919-688-1249
Contact: Lucy Harris
info@seedsnc.org
http://www.seedsnc.org/
The SEEDS market gardens, located in downtown Durham, are managed by DIG (Durham
Inner-City Gardeners), a youth-driven urban gardening program that teaches sustainable gardening,
healthy business practices and responsible leadership. We grow a wide variety of annual and
perennial vegetables, fruits, herbs, and cut flowers that we sell at the Durham Farmer's Market and
to local restaurants.
The Shady Grove Farm is nestled in the farming community of Hurdle Mills, in the Piedmont of North
Carolina, just a short drive from Durham, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Roxboro, and Burlington.
We are a 185 acre, sustainable, family farm, specializing in grass fed, pasture raised poultry, eggs,
pork, and beef. We also grow hundreds of varieties of fruits and vegetables for farmers' market and
restaurant sales.
By utilizing sustainable methods from various disciplines we strive to achieve our ever growing
goals. We are very passionate about bringing you produce that is fresh, clean, and free from
chemical poisons and other bad energies. Farming in a sustainable manner is not just a job to us, it
is our way of life! We, at The Shady Grove Farm, practice a form of sustainable agriculture that is
as clean and pure as the environment we want to live in. Through the combined use of
Permaculture practices, Biodynamic principles, Traditional Organic methods, Farmscaping, Habitat
Restoration, and a strong sense of Stewardship we strive to create a farm that works in harmony
with Nature.
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We have 30 acres of which 18 are used for production. We follow organic practice as much as
possible. Crops include large selection of pumpkins and fall squash with a nice variety of summer
vegetables. Hours: M-F 9-5 June-Nov. CSA / U-pick / Order ahead available. This year we will have
u-pick blackberries; in 2 years we will have u-pick blueberries. Honey from the farm: spring and fall.
Shepherds Ranch primary goal is to optimize the production of grassfed beef in order to produce
the highest quality product. To achieve this goal, we will focus on raising and producing livestock
that fit the natural environment rather than artificially changing the environment to obtain a
conventional product. It is our objective to have the livestock support the goals and mission of
Shepherds Ranch rather than have Shepherds Ranch artificially support inefficient cattle. The
following guidelines will be utilized to obtain a nutritious, healthy and sustainable consumer product.
To implement and demonstrate agricultural practices that are natural, sustainable, and economically
viable.
To offer only the healthiest grass fed Angus beef possible.
To provide beef with the best flavor and tenderness through strict herd selection.
To gain and maintain consumer confidence in the integrity of our beef.
To be sensitive and respectful of our natural resources.
To provide the local agricultural education community with a resource to allow for students to learn
sustainable natural ranching by actively participating in the process.
As a new farm, Shepherds Run is planning on expanding and diversifying their operation. Their
goal for the future is to have meat for sale on the hoof, or delivered to the butcher for purchase. For
now, however, the farm has farm fresh eggs. Call for prices and availability.
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http://shilohfarm.net/
Singing Winds Farm is a small family farm raising chickens, heritage turkeys, Shetland sheep, and
goats. We sell eggs spring and summer, lambs and kids in the fall, wool products, finished wool
garments, and do local shearing. Food producing animals are fed hay, grass, and organic feed.
Herbs are used to treat many diseases and for some parasite control.
SOAR Naturals
1607 Temple St SW, Valdese, NC 28690
Tel: 828-390-7877
Contact: Ben and Becca Campbell, Lois Harvin
info@soarnaturals
http://www.soarnaturals.com
We supply locally grown farm fresh eggs and other farm products to the Valdese, North Carolina
and srounding communitites thanks to and in cooperation with Lois Harvin of SonRise Ranch.
Somerset Farm
5038 Somerset Lane, Edenton, NC 27932
Tel: 252-482-2987
Contact: Jeannie and Frederick Inglis
Growing asparagus, tomats, squash, garlic, peppers, eggplant, sweet potats, corn, pumpkins, winter
squash, soybeans, turnips, beets and cucumbers.
Hen and duck eggs, raw and washed Jacob wool, angora, handspun yarns, tri-loom woven items,
knit hats, mittens, socks, scarves, infant sweaters and hats.
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Southside Farms
320 Harding Ln., Chocowinity, NC 27817
Tel: (252) 946-2487
info@southsidefarms.com
http://www.southsidefarms.com/index.html
Southside Farms is owned and operated by Shawn & Tracey Harding. It is a "Pick Your Own"
Strawberry and Fresh Produce Farm. Southside Farms gets its name from being located on the
south side of the Pamlico River in Beaufort County, NC. We welcome the whole family to come
spend some time at our farm. We love it here and hope you will too!
Sparkling Earth Farm grows a broad selection of organic vegetables, herbs, berries, flowers,
bedding plants and vegetable transplants, eggs and shiitake mushrooms. Consultations are
available. While Sparkling Earth Farm is not certified organic, it ds follow sustainable and organic
principles and is committed to providing a good life for its animals. Products are available at
farmer's markets, local stores, and through its CSA.
Children's Educational Farm - after school and summer camps, Morgan horses and riding programs.
Also enrichment and homeschool classes in pottery, woodworking, and farm experience. Facilities
and staff available for birthday parties, field trips, group functions.
Spinning Spider Creamery is a small family owned farmstead goat dairy producing handcrafted
artisan cheeses. Our cheeses include fresh chevre (herbed and plain), feta, and specialty cheeses
such as our surfaced ripened Stackhouse, our raw milk Gabriel's Gold Gouda and our Bailey
Mountain Tome. Select registered Saanen and Alpine kids, ds, and bucks are also available for
sale.
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Cheeses are available for purchase from the farm by appointment and at various natural food stores
throughout Asheville.
The goats at Spinning Spider Creamery are raised in a pastured setting, fed an all-natural
vegetarian diet, and are never supplemented with hormones or routine antibiotics. Antibiotic therapy
is used as a last resort.
The Star Barn is a small family farm and garden operated by Emily Lancaster and Farrell Moose.
We are located near Pittsboro, NC. We raise produce, pastured poultry, eggs, and Black Angus
cattle for market and our CSA.
Our CSA season begins Friday, May 1st and closes October 16th. Our goal is to provide a wide
variety of vegetables while also including them in a quantity that allows them to be a meaningful
addition to your diet. Each box includes a selection of vegetables along with herbs, cut flowers and
fruit (when in season). We go to great lengths to adhere to organic and sustainable prinls of farming
and use no pesticides or chemical fertilizers. Our laying hens live in family groups on pasture and
our production practices are Animal Welfare Approved. In order to minimize waste we build the box
you receive and handcraft many of the containers that carry your fare.
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Our mission is to preserve the integrity of food and farming. We raise Navajo Churro sheep for
breed conservation and the quality of their meat. We sell freezer lamb, breeding stock, pelts and
wool products. Our farm has blessed us with native grasses, nuts, and fruits which we nurture and
encourage. We raise seasonal fruits, flowers and vegetables on a small scale and sell direct form
our farm. Visit our website for more details. Other inputs: on-farm composted manure; pasture
raised; no hormones.;Heirloom Varieties, Organic Fertilizers, Organic Pesticides,
Other;Conservation Easements, No Till / Conservation Tillage;Antibiotics: acute disease
only;Cage-Free, Free-Range, Pasture-Based Management;Direct to Consumers, Internet;
We sell organic mixed vegetables and cut flowers at the Saturday morning farmers market at the
Dixie Classic Fairgrounds in Winston-Salem.
Sunnybrooke Farm
10901 NC Hwy 902, Bear Creek, NC 27207
Tel: 919-837-2550
Contact: Rebecca & Trip Tucker
rebecca.trip@mindspring.com
Sunnybrooke Farm raises goats to be purchased on-the-hoof straight from the farm. Customers
purchase a goat live and then take care of the processing themselves. Those interested should call
the farm to inquire about availability. Orders or reservations aren't necessary, just give a call and
then drop by.
Sunrise Farm
280 Landrum Road, Columbus, NC 28722
Tel: 828-278-2131
Contact: Siegfried Forster
ziggy@sunrisefarmnc.com
http://www.sunrisefarmnc.com
Sunrise Farm is a family oriented farm in Polk County North Carolina. Our objective is to raise
animals naturally (not certified organic but minimal use of chemicals and medications) and
eventually make a living at this.
Currently we have registered Dexter Cattle as well as Katahdin Sheep and mixed breed goats. We
are also starting a small flock of Heritage Turkeys and of course have a few chickens to provide us
with eggs. We chose the name Sunrise Farm as it reflects the daily routine that begins at sunrise as
well as to emphasize our dedication and use of solar energy to minimize environmental impacts.
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Our mission is to provide delicious and nutritious buffalo meat to health conscious consumers
through internet sales, farmers markets, and from on-farm sales. Our animals are pasture raised on
fescue, orchard grass, rye, crabgrass, native plants, hay and haylage. We never feed antibiotics,
growth hormones, stimulants or animal by-products.
Fresh lavender (perfect for summer weddings or celebrations) and preserved bouquets, lavender
plants, hand-crafted bath salts, bed and bath powder, candles, culinary lavender, pure lavender eye
pillows, grill and fireplace bundles, hand and body cream with shea butter, lip balm, sachets, soap
and one-of-a-kinds. Contact annie@sunshinelavenderfarm.com for seasonal enewsletters.
Terrell TT Ranch
514 Hayworth Circle, High Point, NC 27262
Tel: (336) 889-99
Contact: Richard Terrell
The Terrells raise all-natural, grass-bed beef. The beef is not available for purchase from the ranch,
but is currently sold at the Triad Farmers' Market and three health food stores in the area, two of
which are located in High Point and the other in Ashboro.
Terrell's Creek Farm has been raising and training horses since 1967. We are located on +/- 100
acres in Chatham County almost equidistant from Pittsboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough. Our
central location has made us the perfect site for intown folks wishing to keep their horses accessible
while still having all the advantages of a quiet country retreat. We have also hosted clinics for
equestrian youth groups such as the Eno Triangle Pony Club. We offer stall board with pasture,
illuminated outdoor arenas, and maintained bridle paths for boarders. Call or email for more
information.
Thatchmore Farm
153 Dix Creek Road #1, Leicester, NC 28748
Tel: 828-683-1180
Contact: Karen Thatcher
thatchmore@main.nc.us
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Hollies and certified organic produce sold through Carolina Organic Growers, Inc., North Asheville
Tailgate Market and West Asheville Tailgate Market.
The Farm at Mollies Branch is an earth-friendly farm focusing on Shitake mushroom production and
all-natural, free-range chicken eggs. As Diane Price says herself, the eggs come from a brood of
very happy chickens. Products are available for purchase from the Watauga County farmers' market
from May to October.
Just a short drive from the cities in North Carolina's urban crescent, the Inn at Celebrity Dairy invites
you to experience life lived at the pace of a small family farm.
We invite you to make yourselves at home. Savor the intense flavors of eggs from our free-range
chickens and other seasonal treats from our kitchen or neighbor's gardens. Dairy mornings start
early, but usually by 8:30 the goats are all milked, the milking parlor washdown completed, and the
day's cheesemaking is started. Time for a sitdown break, and our communal breakfast shared alike
by guests and the farm crew.
Signature ingredients of our breakfast fare include (naturally) our own chèvre, and the eggs from
our free range yard chickens. Chèvre regularly appears on the table as a soft fresh Montrachet
style cheese, and as a creamy condiment sweetened with fruit preserves. The supporting cast of
fresh-roasted coffee from Counter Culture - who flatter us with our own coffee blend, too many types
of tea, and seasonal fruits and preserves from our neighbors' gardens overflow the table. Open year
round. Call for more information or check our http://www.celebritydairy.com/index.htm website.
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Organic strawberries and vegetables grown on the farm, and other local produce: blackberries and
blueberries (spring and summer) are served in our Cafe that is open on the weekends! Homemade
ice cream daily! Fall harvest brings pumpkins and family fun in the back forty - group tours available
spring and fall. Hours: Mon - Sat, 9 - 7, Sun 1 - 7.
60-acre farm: 8 acres of French Vinifera, French Hybrid, Native American grapes; Belgian draft
horses; feinting goats; chickens. Open 7 days a week. M-F 10 am - 7 pm, Sat 10 am - 6 pm, Sun 1
pm - 6 pm. We feature locally produced items in our gift shop: honey, jelly, bread, cheese, lotions,
soaps.
Timberwood Organics
4619 Timberwood Trail, Efland, NC 27243
Tel: 919-563-9464
Contact: Ray and Maria Christopher
www.timberwoodorganics.com
http://TW_Organics@mebtel.net
Certified since 1992, we are a North Carolina renowned organic farm. Since 2000 our CSA with the
unique feature of home delivery serves over 150 families in the Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Durham, Elon,
and Hillsborough areas. Beginning mid April and ending around Thanksgiving, our seasons abound
with nearly 40 selected vegetables and herbs. For details please visit
www.TimberwoodOrganics.com. Selling at Carrboro Farmers Market and Hillsborough Farmers
Market.
TinyFarm
1907 New Sharon Church Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278
Tel: 919-484-9080
Contact: Mark Hockney
farmer@tinyfarm.com
http://tinyfarm.com/
Whole fresh chickens available May - October, eggs by the dozen available year 'round,
pasture-raised lamb available seasonally. Pre-order chicken, eggs and lamb on farm website. (Order
form is updated frequently and also lists vegetables.) Pick up and pay for order at farm.
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Small family farm on 35-acres near Raleigh, NC that specializes in herbs and country living. Also
available: massage therapy, classes, and lots of new stuff coming (lavender labyrinth, bird watching,
etc.).
Tomahawk Hill Farm is a small family farm near Asheboro, North Carolina. We raise grass-fed beef
on the gently rolling hills of North Carolina's piedmont, on a farm that has been in the family for four
generations.
Tomahawk Hill Farm is a part of a growing movement to offer our community and beyond with
nourishing, taste-full beef that provides the health, environmental and locale benefits that have so
long been associated with family farms. Because we are small, we intimately know and care for our
cows, our land, and our customers.
A variety of breeds make up Tomahawk Hill Farm's herd, including Black Angus, Charolais, and
Senepol, all breeds that have been cultivated over centuries for their excellent meat and their ability
to thrive in the North Carolina piedmont environment. Our cows are raised for their entire lives on
grass and soil that is free from chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
Sweet potats, butternut squash and field corn. Production starts in August. Need to call and
pre-order. All products are certified organic.
Triple B Farm
3564 Harry Davis Road, Bullock, NC 27507
Tel: 919-693-4246
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Triple B Farm's mission is to raise livestock in a setting that's as close to nature as possible. By all
accounts, it succeeds. The occasional tractor provides one of the few markings of œmodernity,• as
everything else reflects a bygone agricultural era where nature, not agribusiness, provides most of
the inputs.
All of the animals at Triple B Farm are raised out on pasture. Nothing is caged or confined. The
cattle are rotationally grazed and feast on a diet of grass and nothing else. Once they've moved on
to another patch of fresh grass, the meat chickens and layer hens follow behind, feeding on a
mixture of clover and orchard grasses, bugs, and fresh well water. The hogs fatten themselves on a
pasture and woodlands-based diet.
None of the animals receive any hormones, animal by-products, vaccines, insect control agents,
wormers, or antibiotics. The fields are never sprayed with chemicals and manure is composted and
used as fertilizer.
The meats are primarily sold frozen in individual packets from the farm. Turkeys are sold whole and
fresh for the holidays. Chickens are also available whole. Everything, except turkey, is available
year-round. Just give a call to the farm to place an order and arrange pick-up.
Turtle Run
5776 Rumley Road, Graham, NC 27253
Tel: 336-376-3313
Contact: Kim and Kevin Meehan
http://www.useyerfoot.com/
Turtle Run is a small organic farm in the historic village of Saxapahaw near Chapel Hill. 2005 will
see the first full scale production year of our delicious tomato we call "Little Cherokee". Turtle Run is
also the home of the legendary "use-yer-foot" handwash machine. Selling at Carrboro Farmers
Market.
This is a three-generation, family owned farm that welcomes visitors to browse the flower garden,
sip sweet tea, tour the farm, and visit with us for a while. We offer fresh eggs, cut flowers, fresh
produce (available seasonally), and pasture rental for your livestock. If you need good, nutritional
pasture for your horse, cow, goat, or sheep, consider Twiddle Dee Farm. Enjoy fresh air, sweet
smells, lots of sunshine, interesting folks, and farm life....
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The Underwood family produces grass-fed beef, pastured pork, free-range eggs, and grass-fed
lamb. We are dedicated to sustainable agriculture and providing our local markets with the highest
quality food. Our mission is to work in unity with nature, and to revive the old-fashioned family farm.
Please call for hours of operation.
Vegenui Garden
402 Carver Mtn Valley, Sylva, NC 28779
Tel: 828-586-5478
Contact: Ronald and Catherine Arps
True grass fed beef operation with an on farm outlet for meat sales to the public.
Walters Unlimited is a grass fed beef business located at Carls-Beth Farm in Efland. Since 2005 it
has been a true grass fed beef operation, meaning the cattle only get forages such as pasture grass
and hay, free choice minerals and no grain supplements. Use of antibiotics or pesticides is
distributed on an as needed basis. No hormones or growth promoting products are used.
The Warren Wilson college farm is maintained by students of the college, and supports not only the
humane treatment of animals, but also environmental stewardship. It is recognized by Buncombe
county as being a River Friendly Farm, and won the Steward of the Year award from the Carolina
Farm Stewardship Association in 2002. Beef and pork can be purchased either in quarters or
halves, at 5.50 and 5.00 per pound, respectively. Bacon and sausages are also available. Check out
the website for more information (try the "about our farm" link), and for the dates of meat sales. Meat
ranges in price from under ten dollars (sausages, etc.) to a few hundred dollars (beef and pork
halves and quarters).
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The Warren Wilson College Farm is located in the Swannanoa Valley 10 miles east of downtown
Asheville. We are a 275-acre mixed crop and livestock farm and raise grass-finished beef and
pasture-raised pork. Our grains are grown here on the farm. Meat sales in Spring and Fall. Other
crop inputs: compost.
Charles Church has been producing organic vegetables at Watauga River Farms, located in Valle
Crucis, North Carolina, since the year 2000. There are four acres of broccoli and four acres of red
and green cabbage. Red Potats, Yukon Golds, two kinds of fingerlings and Kennebec potats fill an
additional eight acres. Turnips, corn, beans, rhubarb, you name it, it's all in there somewhere.
Watauga River Farms also offers local pork. Pigs are fed naturally, given no medicine, no hormones,
nothing you wouldn't want in your own diet.
Charles Church markets his produce through New River Organic Growers and at Watauga County
Farmers' Market. Check for lists of available vegetables on the website.
We are a small farm in progress. We are going into our 4th year growing and selling at farmers
markets. We produce naturally-grown vegetables, cut flowers, and pastured chicken for meat. While
not certified organic, we raise all of our products under organic principles.
The vegetables, which are sold primarily through the farm's CSA program and area farmers
markets, are available March through December. The chicken is generally available from April to
Thanksgiving and is sold from the farm whole and in parts. Customers hoping to pick up chicken at a
specific time should call and place an order at least two weeks ahead, as the chickens are sold at
two local farmers' markets and availability will vary. Roaming out on pasture, the chickens only
receive a small amount of grain as grasses and insects compose the basis of their diet.
We brew only natural unfiltered beers and all our beer is brewed based on the "Reinheitsgebot" of
1516, allowing no additives in beer. We self distribute locally and we probably have the only 100%
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glass re-use brewery in this country. All our bottles can be returned to the brewery for a 35 cent
credit or a $2 credit, depending on the bottle size. We do not recycle glass, we re-use!
We co-op with local family farms and raise only free range hormone free animals. This year we
bought all the grain for our pork farmer and he in tern is raising over 100 hogs for us. We are also
working on a beef arrangement similar to the hog system. Our butchery is a joint venture with a 5th
generation German Master butcher, we make and smoke all our own sausages, bacon, salami and
even prosciutto on site. The goal is to know which local farm each piece of meat came from.
We have a true organic farmer who raises all crops naturally and based on the Rudolf Steiner
principal. We are composting all retail food scraps, meat scraps and brewer's grain together with our
grass clippings as food source for the farm.
We strive to use all our own vegetables and meats, of course also the beer. By the way we are the
only restaurant brewery in the US where we never in 22 years, have sold another beer but our own!
We are bringing in a fully qualified German Master Butcher and a graduate from Turin, who has
been training at the Terra Madre facility. We are also working with Johnson and Wales to create a
culinary intern program, which would give students an opportunity to raise vegetables, make
sausages, smoke meats and fish and then the training would take them to Bavaria to train at the
family butcher's facility there. This is a very different training approach but is essential if we want to
create a sustainable food chain in this country.
Wellspring Farm
166 Wellspring Lane, Burnsville, NC 28714
Tel: 828-682-0458
Contact: Elke Amenda-Spirakis and Ted Spirakis
llama1@yancey.main.nc.us
http://wellspringfarm.com/
Spinning fiber from llamas, sheep, Angora rabbits and Angora goats. Handspun, hand-dyed yarns,
knitted and felted items. Honey and beeswax. Eggs and berries. Spinning and knitting lessons. Fiber
and llama workshops. Llama shearing services. Breeders of llamas, Jacob and Corriedale sheep,
Angora rabbits. Shop hours May - Sept, Thurs/Fri 1-5 or call for visit.
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Whispering Dove Ranch is truely an AgriCultural Experience! Tour this working meat goat ranch and
observe farm animals in their natural environment. Participate in hands-on demonstrations or learn
beekeeping skills and management. Others who are interested in sustainable agriculture and
renewable resources will find this ranch a real treat. Explore this source of pasture-raised meat,
free-range eggs, and pure raw honey. Especially fun and educational for those who aren't familiar
with where their food actually comes from. Pick up some unique products to take home and try for
yourself! Ranch-raised gourmet meat is custom processed, vacuum-sealed, and fresh frozen for
your convenience. The owners look forward to providing their guests with delicious, heart-healthy,
and locally grown products as well as offering them a memorable experience. Whispering Dove
Ranch is conveniently located 8 miles from Jacksonville, NC between Hwy 17 and Hwy 53. Please
call well in advance to schedule your tour and confirm fees and hours of operation.
Whitted Bowers Farm is a 52-acre biodynamic farm in its second year of operation. We specialize in
certified organic fruit. This year we are in full production with strawberries and heirloom melons. We
also have figs, table grapes, blackberries, and blueberries. We will also have apples, pears, and
other specialty fruit in the years to come.
Wild Hare Farm is located in Cedar Grove, North Carolina. The farm is 30 acres with appoximately 1
acre in cultivation. We produce a wide variety of specialty cut flowers, vegetables and strawberries.
All crops are grown using natural methods without the use of any pesticides, herbicides or
fungicides. Crop rotations and cover crops are used to maintain soil health.
A high emphasis is placed on quality. Vegetables and cut flowers are available through the Carrboro
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Farmers Market. We also supply area florists and restaurants. Flowers for special events such as
weddings, graduations and parties are available upon request.
We are a small family farm sustainably growing a wide variety of vegetables, fruits and flowers. We
grow everything from artichokes to zucchini, alyssum to zinnias. Our produce, bedding plants, cut
flowers and crafts are available from our Durham Farmers' Market stand.
Windcrest Farm
518 Greenfield Drive, Monroe, NC 28112
Tel: 704-764-7746
Contact: Mary Roberts
mroberts@windcrestorganics.com
http://www.windcrestorganics.com
Windcrest Farm specializes in organically growing transplants, herbs, and fresh produce. We use
only certified organic, non-genetically altered seeds and grow a variety of fresh produce for market
as well as grow seedlings for family gardens and other market growers. In 2006, we provided over
35 varieties of heirloom tomats and pepper transplants, as well as mixed greens, herbs (plants and
cut), fresh cut flowers, and specialty produce to farmer's market customers, farm friendly families,
and restaurants.
This farming system incorporates organic farming methods (growing crops without the use of
chemicals, pesticides or genetically modified seeds) to produce abundant food without depleting our
earth's resources or polluting the environment and uses practices to replenish and nurture our soil.
Through this agricultural model we can offer you a product with superior taste and nutrition and
leave future generations with fertile and uncontaminated farmland.
Winfield Farm
4086 Old Coleridge Road, Siler City, NC 27344
Tel: 919-533-8027
Contact: Richard and Kristy Church
http://www.winfieldfarm.net/
We raise chickens, goats, sheep, hogs, and cattle - all in free-range pasture based settings. In
addition, we maintain a small market garden and sell garden products and eggs as available. Sales
are available on farm (please call beforehand), at the Pittsboro and Siler City Farmers' Markets, or
by delivery (please call or email).
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Winn Family Farms is a family-owned and -operated grazing enterprise in Northampton County.
Recognizing that grass farming is an environmentally friendly means of earning a living from the
land while respecting its integrity, we present a healthful meat product to the consumer at a fair
price.
Utilizing USDA-inspected processing, we insure that our grass-fed lamb is available to you in a safe
and wholesome condition. Grass-fed lamb presents the creative cook with an opportunity to feed the
family a meat that is flavorful, lean, and tender. Lamb produced in such a natural and humane
manner is also higher in omega-3 fatty acids and conjugated linoleic acid than even grass-fed beef
or bison, and is rich in lutein. Of course, we use no sub-therapeutic antibiotics or hormones in
growing our animals.
The Winn family has engaged in agriculture in North Carolina and Virginia since the 1620s. It is our
goal to continue farming for many years to come. We hope that you will find our products a healthful
and delicious addition to your table.
Wiseacre Farm
3396 Alston Chapel Road, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tel: 919-542-4288
Contact: Laurie Heise and John Graybeal
laurieheise@mindspring.com
Vegetables, herbs, bedding plants in the spring, and occasionally fruits. Wiseacre Farm has a small
herd of Milking Devon cattle, a breed which is protected by the American Livestock Breeds
Conservancy. (The Milking Devon breed is listed under “critical” status, with an estimated global
population below 2,000.) Our produce is for sale at the Saturday Carrboro Farmers' Market and
through the Mid-Chatham Farmers Alliance CSA.
Yellow Branch Farm is a family owned dairy with a small herd of jersey cows that provide the milk to
produce Yellow Branch Farmstead Cheeses. The farm is pasture based and managed using
sustainable organic practices. The cheeses are hand made in small batches following an original
recipe.
for more information on our farm and our myriad artisan cheese varieties. Cheese may be
purchased from the farm in person, by mail order, or at our
(http://www.yellowbranch.com/order.html" online store.
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm (April - November) All other times: by chance or appointment
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Yellow Wolf Farm is a small, sustainable, diversified farm located in the mountains of Western North
Carolina. We specialize in humanely raised, grass-fed meat, fresh eggs and goat milk bath and
body products. Our animals are raised on lush mountain pastures and spring fed creeks. Goats,
sheep and poultry range free and graze on a variety of forages and browse.
We also raise registered Nigerian Dwarf, Alpine and Sanaan dairy goats, meat goats (Br cross),
White Dorper Sheep and heritage breeds of poultry. Livestock and poultry for sale are listed on our
"For Sale" page.
Yesterways Farm
15401 Short Cut Road, Gold Hill, NC 28071
Tel: 704-279-5859
Contact: Launia Jane Biggers
The appropriately named Yesterways Farm produces meat the old-fashioned way “ all the chickens,
turkeys, hogs, and cattle are raised on a grass-based diet out on the pastures of south central North
Carolina. The animals are completely non-medicated and as clean and natural as can be. Beef and
chicken are usually available in the summer. Pork is available in the later summer and fall. And
turkeys can be purchased for Thanksgiving, beginning November 1st. All orders are either picked up
directly from the farm, or, if it's a fairly large order (like a ½ or whole cow) from the slaughterhouse.
Yow Farms
107 Tucker St, Stanfield, NC 28163
Tel: 704-888-0811
Contact: Eddie Yow
booyow11@bellsouth.net
I raise beef naturally on open pasture and a free choice blend of grains. They eat whatever they
want whenever they want it. I own a hammermill, process my own blend of grains. These steer's diet
is strictly vegetarian, no hormones, antibiotics, and no meat by-products. I have complete control
over what my animals are fed. I guarantee tenderness and flavor at an affordable price (less than
retail at the local supermarket). Sold in 1/2 or whole beef delivered to slaughterhouse. Quantities
are limited
Yow's Farm
107 Tucker St., Stanfield, NC 28163
Tel: 704-888-0811
Contact: Eddie Yow
Booyow11@bellsouth.net
Yow's Farm is located approximately 23 miles from Charlotte in Western Stanly County. We offer
pasture raised/grain supplemented beef. Our steers are free ranged on open pasture with free
choice grain. Our beef is fed a strictly vegetarian diet, no steroids, hormones, antibiotics, or any
other growth enhancers or medications of any kind. We process our own grain ( have a hammermill
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) , giving us complete control over what these steers are fed, and assuring that these animals are
naturally raised. Our beef is tender and our price competitive. We sell in quantities of one half (1
side ) or a whole beef (2 sides ) delivered to the slaughterhouse. We are a small farm thus
quantities are limited.
Family owned and operated pick-your-own berry farm in the mountains of WNC. Open June 15 with
black raspberries, then blackberries, red raspberries, wineberries, blueberries. Open thru Sept. each
day at 9 am until dark. Also have jams, jellies, Appalachian crafts. Family oriented. Picnic area. Call,
email, check website for availability and directions. Also selling at Madison County farmer's market.
Zydeco Moon farm is a certified organic farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains. We provide fresh
produce from May through October including sugar snaps and snow peas, lettuce, tomats, peppers,
asparagus and beets. We sell at the Boone Farmer's Market as well as at the farm. We also have
beautiful new cabins for rent.
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'R Garden
So. Glenburnie Rd, New Bern, NC 28560 www.plantnpick@rgarden.com
http://www.rgardennb.com
We are a small family owned and operated market farm growing mainly vegetables for our on-site
vegetable stand and the local farmers market. We also grow vegetable bedding plants, herb plants,
and mostly annual flowering plants.
'R Garde will now be at the market every weekend. We should soon have some lettuces, broccoli,
cabbage, collards & more.
Garden News
After the first good frost is the time to start getting your collards from the farm. If you are looking for
an extremely large amount call ahead and we can start getting them ready for you.
Fall bedding plants are now ready. Give us a call (252.637.4172) to be sure we are there. Fall
vegetables are cabbage, collards, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, radicchio.
Time of Year: January - December, Days of Week/Hours: Thursday, 12:00 noon-5:00 P.M., Sat.
8:00 A.M. -12:00 noon
Time of Year: June - November, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday & Saturday, 6:30 A.M.-1:00 p.m.
Time of Year: April - November, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday, 8:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M.
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http://www.bearfootcatering.com
Bear Berry farm is a first year CSA serving Cashiers, Highlands and Glenville N.C...
Started by Vegetarian Catering Company that uses local Organic food ...After relocating and finding
out there were no local growers we decided to grow our own this year..A tailgate market will be open
to the public on Wednesday and Saturday in Cashiers.We are currently looking for more vendors
for the Farmers Market..
If you are interested in becoming a member of our CSA or being a local vendor at the
market..Please Do contact us for more information.
Time of Year: June - September, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday & Saturday, 7:00 A.M.-sellout
Time of Year: May - December, Days of Week/Hours: Saturday, 6:00 A.M.-12:00 noon
Time of Year: Easter Weekend - December, Days of Week/Hours: Sunday-Saturday 7:00 A.M. -
6:00 P.M.
Time of Year: June - October, Days of Week/Hours: Saturday 8:00 A.M.-11:30 A.M.
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info@carrborofarmersmarket.com
http://www.carrborofarmersmarket.com
Now a year-round market and celebrating its 30th season! Carrboro Farmers' Market on the Town
Commons: Saturdays 7am-12pm March 15 - November 8, begins at 9am after November 8th.
Wednesdays: 3:30-6:30pm April 9 - October 15.
Time of Year: April - November, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday, 3:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M., Saturdays
8:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
Time of Year: June - October, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday, 7:00 A.M.-
sellout
Time of Year: March - December, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 8:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.
(Oct-Feb), Sunday 12:30 P.M.-6:00 P.M. (May-Aug)
Charlotte Tailgate Farmers Market, 2007 Commonwealth Ave. Beside The Common Market on
Commonwealth between Thomas and The Plaza. Saturday mornings 9:00 a.m. to noon beginning in
mid-April. All locally grown seasonal produce, plants, flowers, eggs and more! Meet farmers and
growers committed to sustainable agriculture, chemical and pesticide-free. Seeking new vendors!
Time of Year: June - September, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday, Friday & Saturday, 8:30 A.M.-4:00
P.M.
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Time of Year: May-November, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday, 7:00 a.m. -
12:00 noon
Crosscreek Farm
2416 Nile Road, Sparta, NC 28675
Tel: 336-372-8574
Contact: Colette Nester
crosscreekfarm@hotmail.com
http://www.crosscreekfarmnc.com
A family farm in Alleghany County, North Carolina, raising pastured hogs, free range poultry,
grass-fed beef and pygmy goats.
The farm sells it products at Farmers Markets in NC and VA, and has a farm store.
Time of Year: January - December, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday 5:30 A.M. -3:30
P.M.
8am - 12pm
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Off Highway 115 next to Town Hall in downtown Davidson - 2 blocks from the College
Time of Year: May - October, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 9:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M.
Time of Year: January - December, Days of Week/Hours: Monday & Saturday, 8:30 A.M.-6:00 P.M.
Durham Farmers' Market is open Saturdays 8 am to noon, April through November, and carries a
great selection of locally grown food from over 7 counties within 70 miles of the Market. Local
handcrafts enhance the Market, live music and tastings every week! New Hours: Wednesdays 3:30
pm - 6:30 pm, May - September. Winter Hours: Saturdays (alternating) 10 am - noon, December -
March.
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Time of Year: April - September, Days of Week/Hours: Saturday, 8:00 A.M.-12:00 noon
Seasonal Farmer's Tailgate Market located in the parking lot of Tri-City Mall in Forest City, NC, right
off of Oak St, next to the Carmike movie theatre.
We offer a variety of produce, from fresh tomats (including heirloom varieties) to beans, corn,
squash, blueberries, peaches, raspberries, blackberries, watermelon, apples, eggs, eggplant,
peppers, cabbage, and much more!
We are set up between April and September, every Saturday morning from 7am to 11am (or
Sellout). The Farmers in our market are strictly local, and only sell what they themselves or a
neighboring farmer grow.
Time of Year: April - November, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday, 3:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M., Sat. 9:00
A.m.-1 P.M.
Time of Year: April - November, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday, 4:00 P.M.-early evening
Vegetables, fruits, beef, plants, cut flowers, chicken, pork, eggs, baked goods, jams and jellies,
pickles. Tuesdays April through Thanksgiving. Sales start at 4pm
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Time of Year: June - December, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday, Friday & Sat. 11:30 A.M.-sellout
Asheville's original all organic tailgate market, serving Asheville and surrounding communities on
Saturday mornings since 1990. You will find freshly picked organic vegetables, fruits, berries, herbs
and flower bouquets plus garden, herb and landscaping plants. Local honey, freshly baked breads
from a wood fired brick oven, vegan and non-vegan baked treats, eggs, pies, goat cheeses, jams,
mushrooms, and locally raised meats. Voted Asheville's Best Tailgate Market for over five years.
Time of Year: June - October, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday, 6:00 A.M.- 2:00
P.M.
Time of Year: January - December, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday, Friday & Saturday, 8:00
A.M.- sellout
Time of Year: January - December, Days of Week/Hours: Saturday, 6:00 A.M.-12:00 noon, Wed.
7:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M. (May-Dec.)
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Time of Year: May - November, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday & Saturday, 6:30 A.M.-11:00
A.M.
Time of Year: April - October, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday, 5:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M.
Jake's Farm
99 Brown Lynch Road, Candler, NC 28715
Tel: (828) 665-4472
http://www.jakesfarm.com
Time of Year: January - December, Days of Week/Hours: Sunday, Friday & Saturday, 9:00
A.M.-6:00 P.M.
Time of Year: May - October, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday, 12:00 noon -sellout, Sat. 7:00 A.M.
- sellout
Time of Year: January - December, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday, 3:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M., Sat. 8:00
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A.M.-12:30 P.M.
Time of Year: January - December, Days of Week/Hours: Monday-Saturday, 8:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.
Time of Year: June - September, Days of Week/Hours: Sat. 8:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M.
Time of Year: June - October, Days of Week/Hours: Friday 8:00 A.M. -12:00 noon
Time of Year: May - October, Days of Week/Hours: Saturday, 7:15 A.M.-12:00 noon
Since 1919, our family farm has been in the business of raising quality beef cattle on the rolling
pastureland near Lousburg in Franklin County, NC. We recently began direct marketing our natural
(no antibiotics nor added hormones) beef and chevon (goat meat) at area Farmers Markets
(Durham Farmers Market - year round on Saturday's - main market) and at our farm by
appointment. We have Angus beef raised all on pasture with a limited amount of farm-produced
grain (oats/barley/hay) given. In the fall of year, our farm is open to school groups for farm visits
(free pumpkin); on Sat. and Sun, May 16 and 17, 2009, we will be on the Annual Franklin County
Farm Foods Tour.. from 11 a.m. -- 5 p.m.. Hope you can visit! Give us a call for quality meats or a
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farm visit.
Time of Year: May - September, Days of Week/Hours: Saturday, 8:00 A.M.-12:00 noon
Saturdays 8AM-12PM
Time of Year: May - August, Days of Week/Hours: Saturday, 7:30 A.M.-11:00 A.M.
Time of Year: March - December, Days of Week/Hours: Wed 7:00 A/M/-1:00 P.M. (June-August),
Sat. 7:00 A.M. -1:00 P.M. (March-Dec)
Time of Year: January - December, Days of Week/Hours: Saturday, 8:00 A.M.-12:00 noon
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Time of Year: April - October, Days of Week/Hours: Saturday, 7:00 A.M.-12:00 noon
Time of Year: June - October, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday & Saturday, 8:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M.
Time of Year: June - September, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday & Saturday, 7:00 A.M.-12:00
The Onslow County Farmers' Market is open Tuesdays and Saturdays 8:30 am to 1:30 pm from the
third Saturday in April through the third Saturday in October. We are a community-based nonprofit
organization with the stated mission to provide our community with fresh, locally grown products
while providing our farmers with an outlet for their crops. We seek to educate the public about the
importance of local agriculture, nutrition, and the value found in our rich farming heritage.
Time of Year: May - December, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday, Friday & Saturday, 8:00 A.M.-4:00
P.M.
Time of Year: May - September, Days of Week/Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday,
6:30 A.M.-12:00 noon
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Time of Year: April - October, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday & Saturday 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 noon
Time of Year: January - December, Days of Week/Hours: Sunday-Saturday 6:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M.
Time of Year: March - December, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday, 8:00 A.M. -
1:00 P.M. and Fridays until 3:00 P.M. Market is 2 miles south of Hwy 43.
Time of Year: April - November, Days of Week/Hours: Thursdays 3:30 P.M.-6:30 P.M.
Time of Year: January - December, Days of Week/Hours: Monday-Saturday, 5:00 A.M.-6:00 P.M.,
Sunday 8:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M.
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Time of Year: May - October, Days of Week/Hours: Saturday 8:00 A.M.-12:00 noon
The City of Wilmington Parks, Recreation and Downtown Services Division established the
Riverfront Farmers' Market in 2004. The Riverfront Farmers' Market is a curbside market featuring
local farmers, producers, artists and crafters. Products offered include fresh fruits and berries,
vegetables, plants, herbs, flowers, eggs, cheeses, meats, seafood, honey, baked goods, legumes,
pickled items, jams and jellies, wine, art, crafts, and more.
The Riverfront Farmers' Market was developed to provide a place for local growers, producers,
artisans and crafters to sell their goods directly to consumers, to educate consumers about local
farming and seasonal eating, to encourage and promote the use of locally grown farm products and
to enhance quality of life in Greater Wilmington by providing a community activity that fosters social
gathering and interaction.
Time of Year: June - November, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday, 7:00 A.M.-
3:00 P.M.
Time of Year: May - November, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday & Saturday, 7:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M.
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Fax: 828-391-6882
Contact: Quez Little
Qlittle@pshf.com
http://www.rockhousefarm.info
Rock House Farm LLC is a working farm . We sell Wagyu cattle, Wagyu beef, Wagyu Semen and
Emybro's , English Heritage Breed Pork, Large Blacks , Gloucestershire Olde Spots and Berkshires.
All raised naturally without inorganic inputs, petroleum based products or man made chemical
additives or medicines. Rock House Farm is owned by individuals who care about how the food we
eat is produced, cared for, handled and the sustainability of our farm with regards to the land it
occupies and the community around it. Our aim is to supply sustainable, environmentally sound and
healthy food to our family, friends, and community while taking serious the responsibility for our land,
plants and animals in a holistically managed manner.
Open May thru October on Wednesdays from 3-6 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1p.m.
Time of Year: May - October, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday & Saturday, 6:00 A.M.-12:00
Time of Year: June - November, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday & Saturday, 6:30 A.M.
Time of Year: May - December, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday & Saturday, 7:00 A.M.-sellout
Time of Year: June - November, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday & Friday, 6:00 A.M.-12:00 noon or
sell out
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Time of Year: April - October, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday, 4:00 P.M.-6:30 P.M., Saturday
9:00 A.M.-12:00 noon
The Shacktown Farmers' Market (at Billet-Doux Farm) is open May 3 through November 22. Come
and shop for the freshest, locally-grown produce, baked goods, honey, herbs and more at our
producer-only market.
Time of Year: January - December, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 7:00 A.M.-6:00 P.M.
Time of Year: January - December, Days of Week/Hours: Monday-Sat. 8:00 A.M.-6:00 P.M., Sun.
1:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M.
Time of Year: May 3 - August 30, Days of Week/Hours: Thursday, 4:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M.
Southside Farms
320 Harding Ln., Chocowinity, NC 27817
Tel: (252) 946-2487
info@southsidefarms.com
http://www.southsidefarms.com/index.html
Southside Farms is owned and operated by Shawn & Tracey Harding. It is a "Pick Your Own"
Strawberry and Fresh Produce Farm. Southside Farms gets its name from being located on the
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south side of the Pamlico River in Beaufort County, NC. We welcome the whole family to come
spend some time at our farm. We love it here and hope you will too!
Time of Year: May - November, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday & Saturday, 7:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M.
The Charlotte Tailgate Farmer's Market was started to give local growers using organic practices an
opportunity to participate in a tailgate farmers market and build relationships with members of the
local Plaza-Midwood community. Our market strives to be a fun, educational, fresh marketplace for
savvy urban shoppers who recognize the value of seasonal produce, flowers, and other farm goods.
Currently there are few direct-to-consumer options available for backyard and small farms in the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg area. Community agriculture and sustainability are gaining support, and are
popular media topics, and a growing number of consumers want to have a relationship with the
people who produce their food. Local food is better for the environment, for the local economy, for
our health, and it just plain tastes better. What could be a better reason than that to buy local?
We value the relationships that we are building with others in the community who are focused on
sustainability issues. We are a relatively small market, but expect to grow while keeping focused on
the goal of providing fresh, local, organically grown products to the residents of Plaza-Midwood and
beyond.
Time of Year: May - November, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 7:00 A.M.-11:00 A.M.
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Time of Year: April - October, Days of Week/Hours: Saturday, 8:00 A.M.-12:00 noon
Time of Year: April-August, Day of the Week: Wednesday, 3:00 P.M.-6 P.M. and Saturday, 9 A.M.-2
P.M.
Time of Year: July - October, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday, 7:00 A.M.- 1:00
P.M.
Time of Year: April - November, Days of Week/Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 6:30 A.M.-5:00 P.M., Sat.
6:30 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
Time of Year: April - October, Days of Week/Hours: Spring & Fall-Saturday, 9:00 A.M.-11:30 A.M.
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terri_wilkinson@hotmail.com
http://www.wakeforestmarket.org/
Wake Forest Farmers' Market: Saturdays, 8 - 12 noon April - October. Info about once a month
winter market: www.wakeforestmarket.org. Locally grown produce, honey, pastured beef, pork,
poultry, eggs, baked goods, soaps, crafts, music and more!
Wake Forest Farmers' Market: Saturdays, 8 - 12 noon April - October. Info about once a month
winter market: www.wakeforestmarket.org. Locally grown produce, honey, pastured beef, pork,
poultry, eggs, baked goods, soaps, crafts, music and more!
Time of Year: May - December, Days of Week/Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.,
Saturday, 8:00 a.m-3:00 P.M.
Time of Year: May - October, Days of Week/Hours: Saturdays May-Oct 8:00 A.M.-12:00 noon,
Wednesdays June-Sep.8:00A.M.-12:00 noon
Fresh local produce (organic and conventional) Spring, Summer and Fall crops, cut flowers, plants,
herbs, baked goods, local honey, homemade soap, eggs, and more! Located in downtown Waxhaw
- Rt. 6 Providence Rd, Under the Water Tower! Tuesdays 3 - 6 pm, Sat 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Time of Year: May-October, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday & Saturday, 8:00 A.M.-12:00
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Time of Year: January - December, Days of Week/Hours: April-October 8:00 A.M.-6:00 P.M.,
November-March 8:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.
Western Wake Farmers' Market is located in the Carpenter Village Marketplace. Opening Saturday,
May 2, 2009 8am - 12pm through November.
Offering a wide variety of produce, pastured beef and chicken, eggs, cheeses, seafood, honey,
wine, baked goods, coffee, vegetable and herb seedlings, prepared foods, sustainable cleaning
products, and other crafts.
Our mission is for all people in our community to become educated about and benefit from locally
grown food. Our aim is to help all walks of life, from the farmers to the local community members to
lose less fortunate who might need assistance through the local food bank.
Time of Year: January - December, Days of Week/Hours: Saturday, 7:00 A.M.-12:00 noon
Time of Year: June - August, Days of Week/Hours: Wednesday & Saturday, 8:00 A.M.-sellout
Time of Year: January - December, Days of Week/Hours: Saturday, 6:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M.
Time of Year: April - October, Days of Week/Hours: Saturday, 8:00 A.M.-12:00 noon
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We are a small family farm. We raise and market about 30 ostrich's a year and we look forward to
that number expanding soon! We raise the ostrich as a food source and are in the process of setting
up a museum on site to show visitors the history of our industry. We offer farm tours (large groups
please call ahead) and have a small retail shop. We sell USDA inspected ostrich meat, eggshells,
ostrich leather products, homemade soaps and lotions (all from the ostrich oils). We guarantee that
you will be amazed by these critters!
Authentic, delicious coffees sourced directly through fair, sustainable relationships with partnering
coffee farmers. Weekly cuppings held every Friday at 10 AM at regional training centers. Great
people, amazing coffee.
According to their website: "Coffee is a seasonal fruit, and like any responsible purveyor of fresh
produce, we only sell coffee at the peak of flavor and freshness; and we roast skillfully, in small
batches, to bring out each coffee's singular characteristics and "taste of place."
Building a sustainable business is a key part of Counter Culture Coffee's mission. We strive to be
leaders in sustainable coffee and we work hard to combine our commitment to buying high-quality
coffee with respect for the natural environment. Because we partner with farmers who believe that
land stewardship gs hand-in-hand with better tasting coffee, most of the coffees that we source are
certified organic, shade-grown, or both! In every case, we support environmentally responsible
coffee-growing practices because it makes sense: great coffee grows in the rich, fertile soil of
healthy forests.
Fox Farms
54 Labrador Lane, Burnsville, NC 28714
Tel: 828-682-1405
Contact: Susan and Alan Fox
yanceyfoxfarms@verizon.net
We are a small scale farm investing in a sustainable way of life. We use organic methods of farming.
We offer a variety of in-season vegetables, berries and melons. We will also offer such specialties
as sugar cane, pumpkins, sunflower seeds, luffa gourds and seeds and Jerusalem artichokes. We
offer goats' milk soap that we make from the milk we get from our dairy goats. We also have goats
to sell. We offer beeswax from our bees, candles and aromatherapy products. We also offer
Mountain and Native-American products such as; dreamcatchers, brain-tanned deer hide drums and
more. We also offer eggs.
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We are in a very rural area of Yancey County outside the city limits of Burnsville. We are located off
Hwy 19, coming from Burnsville you turn right onto Jacks' Creek road and coming from Asheville
you turn left, then continue approx. 3 miles and turn right onto Star Branch Road and continue a
short distance and our farm is located on the right (Labrador Lane is our private road).
Grateful Growers Farm, LLC uses humane animal husbandry and sustainable farming techniques
and raises organic produce. The farm offers pasture-raised chicken, pork, and eggs as well as
produce that is grown without synthetic chemicals. Our animals are treated humanely, and are not
pumped with hormones or antibiotics. We seek to farm in harmony with nature and are proud to
grow delicious, healthy food for our neighbors near and far. Products are available at the farm,
different farmer's markets, or can be ordered on our website; ordered items can be delivered or pork
products and produce can be shipped.
Nu Horizons Farm
975 Pittsboro Goldston Road, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tel: 919-542-4007
Fax: 919-542-4007
Contact: Susan & Leigh Loraine
nuhorizonsfarm@earthlink.net
Nu Horizons Farm products can be purchased directly through their website's online ordering form.
Available farm products include pastured pork, chicken, beef, lamb, eggs, and even water buffalo.
Aside from meats, customers can order other specialty farm products, such as baked goods (pies,
cookies, breads), quilts, pasta, jarred goods (jams, jellies, sauces, sauerkraut), and even Nu
Horizons Farm t-shirts, hats, and aprons.
Loin chops, roasts, sausage and bacon are available from pigs raised in a pastured environment,
and chickens thrive in open areas where they can scratch for food and minerals. Prime beef is yet
another specialty of the farm, though we raise just a few beef animals each year to ensure quality.
We gather fresh, free-range brown eggs from a flock of several hundred laying hens, including many
older hens allowed to live out their lives as jumbo egg producers. Eggs are available year round.
All of our animals are raised in a natural, stress-free environment, and eat feed free from all animal
byproducts, antibiotics and hormones.
And, of course, all meats from Nu Horizons Farm are USDA inspected and are sold frozen and
vacuum packed for peak flavor.
We are accepting orders for Pick-up at one of the Farmer's Markets that we attend (Pittsboro,
Fearrington Village, Carrboro and Cary); Delivery to locations within 30 miles of Pittsboro, NC;
and/or Shipment via UPS to other locations (anywhere in the US).
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ann@rosemountainfarm.com
http://www.rosemountainfarm.com
We are a family owned farm producing fresh vegetables in the summer, pastured poultry,
pasture-raised pork, shiitake mushrooms, free-range eggs. We operate with draft horses and do not
use modern equipment.
Shepherds Ranch primary goal is to optimize the production of grassfed beef in order to produce
the highest quality product. To achieve this goal, we will focus on raising and producing livestock
that fit the natural environment rather than artificially changing the environment to obtain a
conventional product. It is our objective to have the livestock support the goals and mission of
Shepherds Ranch rather than have Shepherds Ranch artificially support inefficient cattle. The
following guidelines will be utilized to obtain a nutritious, healthy and sustainable consumer product.
To implement and demonstrate agricultural practices that are natural, sustainable, and economically
viable.
To offer only the healthiest grass fed Angus beef possible.
To provide beef with the best flavor and tenderness through strict herd selection.
To gain and maintain consumer confidence in the integrity of our beef.
To be sensitive and respectful of our natural resources.
To provide the local agricultural education community with a resource to allow for students to learn
sustainable natural ranching by actively participating in the process.
We brew only natural unfiltered beers and all our beer is brewed based on the "Reinheitsgebot" of
1516, allowing no additives in beer. We self distribute locally and we probably have the only 100%
glass re-use brewery in this country. All our bottles can be returned to the brewery for a 35 cent
credit or a $2 credit, depending on the bottle size. We do not recycle glass, we re-use!
We co-op with local family farms and raise only free range hormone free animals. This year we
bought all the grain for our pork farmer and he in tern is raising over 100 hogs for us. We are also
working on a beef arrangement similar to the hog system. Our butchery is a joint venture with a 5th
generation German Master butcher, we make and smoke all our own sausages, bacon, salami and
even prosciutto on site. The goal is to know which local farm each piece of meat came from.
We have a true organic farmer who raises all crops naturally and based on the Rudolf Steiner
principal. We are composting all retail food scraps, meat scraps and brewer's grain together with our
grass clippings as food source for the farm.
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We strive to use all our own vegetables and meats, of course also the beer. By the way we are the
only restaurant brewery in the US where we never in 22 years, have sold another beer but our own!
We are bringing in a fully qualified German Master Butcher and a graduate from Turin, who has
been training at the Terra Madre facility. We are also working with Johnson and Wales to create a
culinary intern program, which would give students an opportunity to raise vegetables, make
sausages, smoke meats and fish and then the training would take them to Bavaria to train at the
family butcher's facility there. This is a very different training approach but is essential if we want to
create a sustainable food chain in this country.
William's Pork
266 Bethersda Church Road, Fairmont, NC 28340
Tel: 910-608-2226
Contact: william johnson
william@britishbacon.com
http://www.williamspork.com
William's Pork sells Pasture raised pork, and is approved by the Animal welfare Institute
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All natural hand-crafted muscadine wines, no sulfites added. Also blueberry and strawberry wines.
Other canned goods, relishes, preserves, jellies. Fresh produce in season. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday from 9 til 6, Sunday 1 til 6. Tours
Founded in 1977, the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) is a clearing-house for
information on livestock and genetic diversity. These breeds are threatened because agriculture has
changed. Modern food production now favors the use of a few highly specialized breeds selected for
maximum output in a controlled environment. Many traditional livestock breeds have lost popularity
and are threatened with extinction. These traditional breeds are an essential part of the American
agricultural inheritance. Not only do they evoke our past, they are also an important resource for our
future.
ALBC protects genetic diversity in livestock and poultry species through the conservation and
promotion of endangered breeds. ALBC's programs include research on breed population size,
distribution and genetic health; research on breed characteristics; gene banks to preserve genetic
material from endangered breeds; rescues of threatened populations; education about genetic
diversity and the role of livestock in sustainable agriculture; and technical support to a network of
breeders, breed associations, and farmers. <P
By becoming a member of ALBC, you can help preserve our agricultural heritage as well as provide
a significant source of funding for this unique conservation effort. Membership provides the
following benefits: Bi-monthly newsletter, ALBC News; Annual Breeders Directory; Updates on
Education Programs and Events; and Special Pre-publication Prices on ALBC Publications. Many
ALBC members also raise rare breeds. Individual breeders make up an active network of people
who participate in hands-on conservation, marketing and public education.
Our mission is to create and expand regional community-based and integrated food systems that
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are locally owned and controlled, environmentally sound, economically viable and health-promoting.
Our vision is a future food system throughout the mountains of North Carolina and the southern
Appalachians that provides a safe and nutritious food supply for all segments of society; that is
produced, marketed and distributed in a manner that enhances human and environmental health;
and that adds economic and social value to rural and urban communities.
Ask restaurants where they get the food they serve and grocery stores where they get their produce.
If it wasn't grown locally, let them know you value freshness, good taste and local family farms. You
are invited to join in by visiting ASAP's http://www.buyappalachian.orgLocal Food Guide and
locating participating grocery stores, eating at participating restaurants, shopping at tailgate markets,
joining a CSA, or visiting other businesses listed in the Guide.
Auman Vineyards
1300 71st School Rd., Fayetteville, NC 28314
Tel: 910-867-9689
Fax: 910-867-9689
Contact: Andrew McLean
tarheelroger@aol.com
http://www.scuppernongs.com/
Muscadine grapes (pick-your-own) 8:00am to 6:30pm Monday through Saturday. Closed Sunday.
Picking season lasts from about 1 Sept. to 10 Oct.
Vineyard and commercial winery. Free tastings and tours Thursday through Sunday from 12 noon to
5 pm.
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Tel: 800-521-9952
Contact: Amber Hagens
http://www.carolinafarmcredit.com/
Carolina Farm Credit is a cooperative, providing financing for agriculture and homes with short,
intermediate and long-term loans. Other services: financial planning, leasing programs, appraisal
services, crop insurance and more!
Mission & Vision: CFSA's mission is to support and expand local and organic agriculture in the
Carolinas by inspiring, educating and organizing farmers and consumers. CFSA's vision of the
future is that healthy and thriving communities of farmers and consumers in the Carolinas are
supported by local and organic agricultural systems that are environmentally responsible,
economically sound, and socially just.
Services & Activities: CFSA provides support for local and organic food systems through promotion
and marketing assistance to members; education and advocacy efforts; and information sharing and
networking. This is accomplished through several means, including the bi-monthly membership
newsletter Stewardship News, our (http://www.carolinafarmstewards.org" website, regional Farm
Tours, regional Organic Growers' and Gardeners' Schools, Consumer Guides to Local and Organic
Food, the Annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference, active regional chapters, an annual
Membership Directory, Apprentice Referral Service, Elementary School Sustainable Gardening
Curriculum, organic certification education, policy advocacy at the local and national level, research
on marketing and production of organic crops, public and media outreach, coalition-building with
like-minded organizations and businesses, and technical assistance to farmers. In addition we are
coordinating the development of an organic seed network in the southeastern US.
Catawba Lands Conservancy permanently protects land, water and wildlife habitat to enhance your
quality of life. Active in Mecklenburg, Union, Anson, Catawba, Iredell and Lincoln Counties.
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Tel: 919-513-0954
Fax: 919-515-2505
Contact: Lisa Forehand
cefs_info@ncsu.edu
http://www.cefs.ncsu.edu/
The 2,000-acre Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), established in 1994 in
Goldsboro, NC, is a partnership among NCSU, NCAandT, NCDA and other agencies. CEFS
develops and promotes food and farming systems that protect the environment, strengthen local
communities, and provide economic opportunities in North Carolina and beyond.
Eastern Carolina Organics is a marketing and distribution service for local organic fruits and
vegetables. We are a farmer-owned company that is:
• helping rural organic family farmers access urban markets while maintaining NC farmland through
environmentally-friendly agriculture, and
• enabling consumers (chefs, grocers and families) to support local, sustainable agriculture and their
regional economies by purchasing fresh, high-quality organic produce.
Hebert Green Agrcology, Inc. is a private consulting company with a mission to facilitate, initiate,
and collaborate in research and education projects that seek to understand and improve food and
fiber production--production that enhances the economic, natural, and social environments of
farmers and consumers.
* Researcher - Project startup, Experiment management and execution, Data analysis and
write-up
* Educator - Information resources, Curriculum development
* Business - Field evaluation of products, Introductory informational seminars
* Organization - Presentations, Workshops, and Material preparation
Our staff works with universities, the ARS and CSREES, organizations, growers, and companies to
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make sustainable agriculture research and education happen, initiating projects, contracting for
components of existing projects, or brokering resources, people, and information in all manner of
collaborations.
Formal collaborators have included North Carolina State University, Clemson University, the
University of Georgia, USDA-ARS, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, Good Earth Organics,
and more.
Horizon Cellars
466 Vineyard Ridge, Siler City, NC 27344
Tel: 919-742-1404
Contact: Guy Loeffler
comment@horizoncellars.com
http://www.horizoncellars.com/
Hours: Thu-Mon 11am-5pm; closed Tue and Wed. Tastings $2; Tours available. Horizon Cellars is
located within an hour's drive of the Raleigh/Durham, Research Triangle Area. Nestled on a 20-acre
property off of HWY421 just south of Siler City and HWY64, Horizon Cellars features a generous
tasting room; the barrel room is a perfect location for dinners, small events, and intimate receptions.
2004 Wines: Chardonnay, Viognier, Syrah, Cabernet Franc.
Environmentally sensitive land development consulting; permaculture design; water well dowsing
We are coffee artists and mavericks in the Fair Trade movement. we deliver locally in our
recycled-veggie oil bus and our slow-roasted coffees have a following as far and wide as Maine and
Seattle. We have green-o-vated our warehouse; developed a 100% biodegradable coffee bag, put
all Coffee documentation online at FairTradeProof.org and we run Raleigh's only Biodiesel-100
filling station. Discover our values at LARRYSBEANS.COM.
Maverick Farms
410 Justus Road, Valle Crucis, NC 28604
Tel: 828-963-4656
info@maverickfarms.com
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Maverick Farms formed in spring 2004 to preserve a small farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of
North Carolina, an area under intense pressure from development. It operates as an open
laboratory, experimenting with human-scale farming techniques and traditional food preparation.
Maverick Farms works to reclaim the pleasures of eating and sharing meals in a culture overrun by
industrial agriculture and flavorless food. The project arose out of Springhouse Farm, which for 30
years sold hand-picked vegetables to local restaurants. Maverick Farms is continuing with that
tradition while embarking on new education and outreach projects to connect local food producers
and consumers.
Guests will experience the hustle and bustle of life on a working farm, as well as the relaxed
atmosphere we strive to create. Each comfortable guest room is private and most have reading
chairs and desks. There are many sitting areas around the farmhouse and yard to rest and have
conversation (including hammocks by the creek). One of the farm members, Sara Safransky, is a
certified yoga instructor, and offers private yoga classes geared to any level. Breakfasts are made
available and feature selections composed entirely of all-natural, locally-raised products.
Two rooms are available to guests, and the creek and chickens can be heard in the background.
Prices, which are listed on the Maverick Farm "http://www.maverickfarms.com/agritourism.html"
website, are for short visits; (mailto:info@maverickfarms.com" contact us about discounts for longer
stays.
The mission of the NC Fruits and Veggies Nutrition Coalition (formerly 5 A Day) is to build a
healthier NC by increasing access to and consumption of fruits and vegetables. The Coalition
carries this out by providing an organizational structure for the sharing of ideas and resources to
help members plan and implement fruit and vegetable initiatives in communities, schools,
restaurants, work sites, health agencies, cafeterias and churches. Coalition membership is free and
open to organizations, businesses, and individuals who are passionate about promoting health in
NC through increased access to and consumption of fruits and vegetables.
Niche Gardens
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Niche Gardens is a retail and mail-order nursery with a strong emphasis on the propagation and
promotion of native plants. Our plants are nursery-grown, and we offer many unusual and
hard-to-find ornamental species for the home gardener. We encourage gardening for wildlife, with
plants that attract butterflies, hummers and other birds. Spectacular display gardens include a sunny
meadow, woodland garden, medicine wheel garden, bog and Japanese pond. If you live close by, or
you're coming to the area, please come visit. Spring and Fall: Mon-Sat 9-5, Sun 10-5 (Guided
garden walk Sat at 10am); Summer: Mon-Sat 9-5; Winter: Mon-Fri 9-5
Permaculture and landscape design services. We can help with rainwater harvesting solutions, site
planning, and outdoor design to increase the sustainability and productiveness of gardens and small
farms.
Pickards Mountain Eco-Institute works towards "practical solutions to environmental crisis". Located
on 350 acres of land in Piedmont, the institute houses an organic garden that feeds 25 families
through a CSA every year. The institute also offers a wide range of programs for children, teens and
adults from lectures on sustainability to summer camps for children and internships for teens and
college students.
Piedmont Biofuels
PO Box 661, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tel: 919-321-8260
Contact: Rachel Burton, Lyle Estill and Matt Rudolph
http://www.biofuels.coop
At Piedmont Biofuels our coop members make biodiesel in Moncure where we run a farm incubator,
internship program, and demonstrate green building and renewable energy strategies. We build
farm-scale processors for people to produce their own biodiesel. We also distribute locally produced
B100 biodiesel throughout central North Carolina from our Industrial plant in Pittsboro, NC. We
provide a variety of classes, workshops, tours, speeches, and conferences on sustainable biodiesel
production, fuel quality, and energy policy. We also provide free public tours of our farm-scale
biodiesel plant every Sunday at 1pm. See www.biofuels.coop for more information.
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Mon - Sat , 8 - 5. Screen Porch and Decks uses arsenic-free treated wood, composite decking and
trim, made from recycled products. Specializing in solar oriented, green building practices for
additions and sun rooms.
The mission of Slow Food Piedmont is "to celebrate and support our local food community." We
sponsor food related events and activities such as Farm Days and Tasting Dinners as well as
organize ongoing programs in School Gardens and our Local Food Guide. We believe food should
be "good, clean and fair" and with join with other organizations such as CFSA in preserving and
generating a wholesome and local food shed. Slow Food Piedmont is one of several Slow Food
convivia in North Carolina. We are centered in Greensboro and Winston-Salem and have almost
100 paid members and several hundred on our listserve. Anyone can join our events and anyone
can join the national/international organization. There are over 80,000 worldwide members.
Slow Food U.S.A. oversees Slow Food activities in North America, including the support and
promotion of the activities of all its 135 local chapters, each called a "convivium," that carry out the
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Slow Food mission on a local level. Each convivium advocates sustainability and bio-diversity
through educational events and public outreach that promote the appreciation and consumption of
seasonal and local foods and the support of those who produce them.
• Asheville
• Cape Fear/Fayetteville
• Charlotte
• Kitty Hawk (Outer Banks)
• Greensboro (Piedmont Triad)
• Durham (Research Triangle)
Contact the Slow Food U.S.A. National Office to get specific convivium information.
The Land Trust for the Little Tennessee is dedicated to conserving the waters, forests, farms, and
heritage of the Upper Little Tennessee and Hiwassee River Valleys. We work in partnership with
private landowners, public agencies, and others to conserve land, ensuring that the natural beauty,
ecological integrity, and rural character of our region are preserved for generations to come.
Working in Macon, Jackson, Swain, Clay, Cherokee, and Graham Counties.
The Rural Advancement Foundation International - USA cultivates markets, policies and
communities that support thriving, socially just and environmentally sound family farms.
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toadsongfarm@earthlink.net
http://www.marybevier.massagetherapy.com
Small family farm on 35-acres near Raleigh, NC that specializes in herbs and country living. Also
available: massage therapy, classes, and lots of new stuff coming (lavender labyrinth, bird watching,
etc.).
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Baucom's Best
1002 Baucom Road, Monroe, NC 28110
Tel: 704-254-0742
Contact: Milton and Harriet Baucom
info@baucomsbest.com
http://www.baucomsbest.com/
Baucom's Best 100% Grassfed Beef is raised exclusively on the Baucom Family Farm located just
outside the Charlotte-Metropolitan area in rural Union County. We can guarantee that our Black
Angus cattle are fed no grain or animal by-products and are raised in a healthy and humane
environment. Our pastures are never sprayed with chemical fertilizers or pesticides. Baucom's Best
Grass Fed Beef is hormone and anitbiotic free, high in CLA, Omega-3, and Vitamins A and E and is
lower in fat and calories than conventional beef. Baucom's Best beef is available year-round and
can be purchased on line, to be shipped, delivered or picked up at our family farm. Visa and
Mastercard accepted.
We raise natural red and black angus beef free of hormones, steroids, and antibiotics. Our cattle are
grazed on high quality forages in pasture management systems and finished on natural grains. We
group the cattle by age and weight to promote a healthful and stable environment. Our small herd
management style allows us to closely monitor each calf to maturity.
K. W. Gettys Farm
1126 Gettys Rd , Ellenboro, NC 28040
Tel: 828-453-7485
Contact: Polly Gettys
Natural Beef - hormone and antibiotic free. Sold by the quarter - all cuts are vacuum packed and
aged. Processed in NCDA, USDA inspected facility. Call for harvest dates. Family farm.
Since 1919, our family farm has been in the business of raising quality beef cattle on the rolling
pastureland near Lousburg in Franklin County, NC. We recently began direct marketing our natural
(no antibiotics nor added hormones) beef and chevon (goat meat) at area Farmers Markets
(Durham Farmers Market - year round on Saturday's - main market) and at our farm by
appointment. We have Angus beef raised all on pasture with a limited amount of farm-produced
grain (oats/barley/hay) given. In the fall of year, our farm is open to school groups for farm visits
(free pumpkin); on Sat. and Sun, May 16 and 17, 2009, we will be on the Annual Franklin County
Farm Foods Tour.. from 11 a.m. -- 5 p.m.. Hope you can visit! Give us a call for quality meats or a
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farm visit.
Shepherds Ranch primary goal is to optimize the production of grassfed beef in order to produce
the highest quality product. To achieve this goal, we will focus on raising and producing livestock
that fit the natural environment rather than artificially changing the environment to obtain a
conventional product. It is our objective to have the livestock support the goals and mission of
Shepherds Ranch rather than have Shepherds Ranch artificially support inefficient cattle. The
following guidelines will be utilized to obtain a nutritious, healthy and sustainable consumer product.
To implement and demonstrate agricultural practices that are natural, sustainable, and economically
viable.
To offer only the healthiest grass fed Angus beef possible.
To provide beef with the best flavor and tenderness through strict herd selection.
To gain and maintain consumer confidence in the integrity of our beef.
To be sensitive and respectful of our natural resources.
To provide the local agricultural education community with a resource to allow for students to learn
sustainable natural ranching by actively participating in the process.
Our mission is to provide delicious and nutritious buffalo meat to health conscious consumers
through internet sales, farmers markets, and from on-farm sales. Our animals are pasture raised on
fescue, orchard grass, rye, crabgrass, native plants, hay and haylage. We never feed antibiotics,
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Tomahawk Hill Farm is a small family farm near Asheboro, North Carolina. We raise grass-fed beef
on the gently rolling hills of North Carolina's piedmont, on a farm that has been in the family for four
generations.
Tomahawk Hill Farm is a part of a growing movement to offer our community and beyond with
nourishing, taste-full beef that provides the health, environmental and locale benefits that have so
long been associated with family farms. Because we are small, we intimately know and care for our
cows, our land, and our customers.
A variety of breeds make up Tomahawk Hill Farm's herd, including Black Angus, Charolais, and
Senepol, all breeds that have been cultivated over centuries for their excellent meat and their ability
to thrive in the North Carolina piedmont environment. Our cows are raised for their entire lives on
grass and soil that is free from chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
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Artisan
The Art Institute of Charlotte
2110 Water Ridge Parkway, Three Lake Pointe Plaza, Charlotte, NC
Tel: 704-357-5900
Contact: Joseph Bonaparte
AiCHADM@edmc.edu
http://http://www.artinstitute.edu/charlotte/restaurant/
The Culinary Arts program of The Art Institute of Charlotte opened its learning restaurant, Artisan, in
February 2004. Inside the first floor of The Art Institute of Charlotte, Artisan seats 48 patrons in a
warm and intimate setting.
Students in their 6th quarter of study alternate between the kitchen and the front of the restaurant.
They learn not only the skills of cooking for large numbers of people but also how to manage a
restaurant properly “ from busing tables to operating a cash register.
The luncheon menu features creative American cuisine at reasonable prices. The Artisan menu
changes with each academic quarter to reflect fresh seasonal foods, and our chefs purchase
organically grown products whenever possible.
Current operating hours are 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The
restaurant closes when students are not in attendance at school. Visitors are encouraged to call
704-357-5900 for reservations or to confirm the restaurant's hours.
The Blue Mountain Cafe opened in 1998, inside the Hendersonville Community Co-op. We are
pleased to offer you hand-crafted organic cuisine in a comfortable, lighthearted setting. We
purchase directly from local farmers, in season, and we receive two organic produce deliveries per
week.
On any given morning you'll find our friendly staff baking the days muffins and scones and cooking
up a lunch special for your enjoyment. Make sure and try a Blue Mountain favorite -- Zeus Juice,
from our Organic Juice Bar. Also available are organic dairy products and eggs. We hope you
enjoy your time spent in our cafe and we look forward to serving you again.
bonne soiree
431 west franklin street #10, chapel hill, NC
Tel: 919 928 8388
Fax: 919 928 8417
Contact: chip smith or tina vaughn
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The mission of Carolina Heritage Vineyards is to deliver sustainably-grown fruit and honey bee
products which are reasonably priced and promote a healthy environment and lifestyle for all
involved - our neighbors, our customers and ourselves.
Carolina Heritage Vineyards was established in 2005 on a farm three miles east of Elkin on Highway
268 in the middle of the Yadkin Valley Viticultural Area (AVA.)
With a commitment to organic viticultural practices, varieties of grapes were chosen to be planted
which grow natively in this region and/or are the most disease and insect resistant. Eight acres have
been planted to date in Muscadines (Noble, Doreen, and Carlos) and American varietals and
hybrids (Cynthiana, Rubiana (GR-7) and Traminette.) In addition 1.5 acres of blueberries have been
planted which are being actively pollinated by the bees from our first bee hives.
We sell organically-grown Muscadine and American grapes and blueberries, wines and mead.
Much of the menu is traceable to local farms and supports local farmers conversions from tobacco
to more sustainable crops.
Early Girl Eatery opened its doors in mid October of 2001. Centrally located in downtown Asheville
on historic Wall Street, the critically-acclaimed Eatery offers delicious southern food in a casual,
charming atmosphere.
The menu relies heavily on the high quality local produce grown in the area by family farms and
community-supported agriculture (CSAs). Our cheeses and some of our meats are also produced
and raised locally by small family farmers who raise their animals in natural, pastured settings. The
menu changes periodically with the seasons, while the specials change daily. This enables us to
better utilize the local ingredients available. We believe local food tastes better and sustains a
healthy community.
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Aside from supporting local farmers directly, Early Girl also promotes sustainable agriculture through
its membership in several local and regionally-based sustainable agriculture groups, including
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association and Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project.
Made from scratch is the motto at the Early Girl, and our recipes reflect our background in southern
cooking as well as our vast experience with vegetarian fare.
Breakfast:
Lunch:
Dinner:
Brunch:
Elaine's on Franklin
454 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Tel: 919-960-2770
Fax: 919-960-7780
Contact: Bret and Julie Jennings
info@elainesonfranklin.com
http://www.elainesonfranklin.com/
Cutting edge comfort food featuring fresh local ingredients with fine wines and a lively yet intimate
bistro atmosphere. Open for dinner Tuesday-Thursday 5:30-9:30 PM and Friday-Saturday
5:30-10:00 PM.
Galelry Restaurant
10000 Ballantyne Commons Parkway, Charlotte, NC 28277
Tel: 704-248-4042
Fax: 704-248-4005
Contact: Christina Argeris
cargeris@ballantyneresort.com
http://www.gallery-restaurant.com
Gallery Restaurant features contemporary American fare served in an upscale setting. Known for its
100% USDA graded prime steak entrées, Gallery instills a passionate approach to simple food.
Partnering with local farmers to offer the freshest ingredients, Gallery Restaurant demonstrates its
commitment to quality and excellence by enhancing its menu seasonally to offer the best in farm
fresh accompaniments. The restaurant also boasts an impressive bar with top shelf spirits and an
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extensive wine collection. Traditional elements are combined with an elegant presentation of
eclectic cuisine. Gallery Restaurant is located in Ballantyne Resort on the corner of Johnston Road
and Ballantyne Commons Parkway.
We are a small family farm growing a variety of vegetables, fruits and herbs for wholesale and for
our roadside stand. We also have an onsite restaurant featuring wood fired pizzas, fresh meals
to-go and rustic hand rolled pastas, all made from our garden fresh produce and other locally
sourced ingredients. Check out our website for all our menus and other information.
We invite you to visit us and enjoy informally elegant dining and seasonal food using old-world
European culinary sensibilities and flavors from areas such as the Tuscan area of Italy or the
Provence region of France.
The have been buying from local farmers for over 5 years. Also the owners of Lucky 32 in
Greensboro and Cary.
Lantern Restaurant
423 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Tel: 919-969-8846
Contact: Andrea Reusing
info@lanternrestaurant.com
http://www.lanternrestaurant.com/
Delicious pan-Asian food served in a relaxed, urban setting with an emphasis on seasonal produce
and local seafood. The warm staff, smart wine list and late-night weekend dining in the hidden bar
create "a dining experience that is simply the most impressive for the money in the
Triangle."-NandO. Open M-S 5:30 - 10PM, Bar 5:30 - 2AM.
Quality and creativity have always been the driving forces behind the Laughing Seed's eclectic
international approach to vegetarian dining and this has led to its popularity with vegetarians and
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meat-eaters alike. Local products, organic ingredients and a flair for global fusion combine to give its
dishes a unique and satisfying character. They have been the recipient of numerous awards
including Best Vegetarian Restaurant in WNC eight years in a row (as voted by the Asheville Citizen
Times and the weekly Mountain Express), and been recognized by publications as diverse as
Southern Living, Vegetarian Times, and the NY Times.
Lucky 32
1421 Westover Terrace, Greensboro, NC 27408
Tel: 336-370-0707
Fax: 336-574-0037
Contact: Andrew Lofaro
alofaro@qwrh.com
http://lucky32.com
Lucky 32 features a seasonal menu of selections fitting "New World" American regional, ethnic or
seasonal themes.
You'll feel comfortable dressed casually, duded up for a business meeting, or decked out for a date.
And for those times when you're busy and can't wait for a table, we offer Call-Ahead Seating and
Reservations (though reservations are not always necessary). When the weather is pleasant, dine
outdoors at all of our restaurants.
Lucky 32
7307 Tryon Road, Cary, NC 27511
Tel: 919-233-1632
Fax: 919-858-0888
http://lucky32.com
Lucky 32 features a seasonal menu of selections fitting "New World" American regional, ethnic or
seasonal themes.
You'll feel comfortable dressed casually, duded up for a business meeting, or decked out for a date.
And for those times when you're busy and can't wait for a table, we offer Call-Ahead Seating and
Reservations (though reservations are not always necessary). When the weather is pleasant, dine
outdoors at all of our restaurants.
Also the owners of Green Valley Grill in Greensboro.
Magnolia Grill
1002 Ninth Street, Durham, NC 27705
Tel: 919.286.3609
Fax: 919.286.2691
Contact: Ben Barker
http://www.magnoliagrill.net
Our philosophy has always been based on a foundation of the best available ingredients, carefully
prepared and served without pretension. Working with a network of farmers, livestock producers and
seafood suppliers, we've tried to maintain a worldly view of cooking that emphasizes direct flavors
and still respects our North Carolina fundamentals.
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Margaret's Cantina
1129 Weaver Dairy Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Tel: 919-942-4745
Contact: Margaret Lundy
http://www.margaretscantina.com/
Fresh, healthy Southwestern cuisine. Serving lunch weekdays and dinner Monday-Saturday.
Weekend Dinner Specials showcase North Carolina seasonal produce - from winter greens and
sweet potats to spring asparagus and strawberries to summer corn and tomats to autumn peppers
and apples: Garlic-sauteed Rappini, Asparagus and Crab Sopes, Gazpacho, Tamales de elote,
Chiles Rellenos and much more!
Maverick Farms
410 Justus Road, Valle Crucis, NC 28604
Tel: 828-963-4656
info@maverickfarms.com
Maverick Farms formed in spring 2004 to preserve a small farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains of
North Carolina, an area under intense pressure from development. It operates as an open
laboratory, experimenting with human-scale farming techniques and traditional food preparation.
Maverick Farms works to reclaim the pleasures of eating and sharing meals in a culture overrun by
industrial agriculture and flavorless food. The project arose out of Springhouse Farm, which for 30
years sold hand-picked vegetables to local restaurants. Maverick Farms is continuing with that
tradition while embarking on new education and outreach projects to connect local food producers
and consumers.
Guests will experience the hustle and bustle of life on a working farm, as well as the relaxed
atmosphere we strive to create. Each comfortable guest room is private and most have reading
chairs and desks. There are many sitting areas around the farmhouse and yard to rest and have
conversation (including hammocks by the creek). One of the farm members, Sara Safransky, is a
certified yoga instructor, and offers private yoga classes geared to any level. Breakfasts are made
available and feature selections composed entirely of all-natural, locally-raised products.
Two rooms are available to guests, and the creek and chickens can be heard in the background.
Prices, which are listed on the Maverick Farm "http://www.maverickfarms.com/agritourism.html"
website, are for short visits; (mailto:info@maverickfarms.com" contact us about discounts for longer
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stays.
Nasher Cade
Nasher Museum of Art
2001 Campus Drive, Nasher Museum of Art Duke University, Durham, NC 27705
Tel: 919-610-0681
Contact: Michael Shmitt
nasherinfo@duke.edu
http://www.nasher.duke.edu/museum_cafe.php
To complement the Nasher Museum's increased emphasis on contemporary art, owner Giorgios
Bakatsias of Giorgios Hospitality Group and Dale Rey, the company's director of project
development, have developed a contemporary menu of soups, salads, sandwiches and desserts,
including vegetarian fare. The cafe will adhere to the "slow food" philosophy - that is, simple,
seasonal recipes with fresh ingredients that are organic and locally grown when possible.
Noble's Restaurant
6801 Morrison Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28211
Tel: 704-367-9463
jbnoble@noblesrestaurants.com
http://www.chefjimnoble.com
At Noble's Restaurant, our main goal is to serve the freshest local, organic produce and the finest
quality raw ingredients that we can find to produce what we call "New Southern Cuisine." From
baking our own organic breads in house to purchasing regionally grown or produced goods, we take
extraordinary care in what we start with in our kitchen. Simple preparations serve the quality of these
ingredients best, allowing the inherent flavors of each dish to shine through. By utilizing a true
wood-fired oven and grill, we are able to create dishes with a European country influence as well.
Padgett Station
401 East Main Street, Carrboro, NC 27510
Tel: 919-929-0445
fairtrade@padgettstation.com
http://www.padgettstation.com
Padgett Station Organic Bistro and Cocktails offers organic, fair trade, and locally produced
indulgences, including coffees, desserts, crepes, cocktails, salads, soups, cheeses, and chocolates.
Pananzella
101 E. Weaver St., Carrboro, NC 27510
Tel: 919-929-6626
panzanella@weaverstreetmarket.coop
http://www.panzanella.com/
Italian orientation, with vegetarian and vegan choices (highlighted on menu), along with hormone-
and antibiotic-free meats and poultry.
Panciuto
110 South Churton Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278
Tel: 919-732-6261
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Fax: 919-732-6820
Contact: Aaron Vandemark
http://www.panciuto.com/
Southern influenced Italian fine dining in a casual-refined atmosphere. Our changing menus are
created using local produce and meats that are humanely raised without steroids, hormones, or
antibiotics. Our pastas, breads, desserts, appetizers and entrees are all handmade in-house daily.
All ABC permits. 15 minutes from Chapel Hill and Durham. "Dining worth a drive" - Greg Cox,
NandO. Open for dinner Tues-Sat, 6pm-close. Enjoy dinner with friends or associates. Also
available for groups up to 60.
Panzanella Restaurant
200 N. Greensboro Street, Carr Mill Mall, Carrboro, NC 27510
Tel: 919-929-6626
Fax: 919-942-4889
Contact: Linda Fullwood
panzanella@weaverstreetmarket.coop
http://www.panzanella.coop/
Rabidly devoted to locally-produced, hand-crafted and seasonal foods. Don't miss our monthly Farm
Dinners! Our friendly neighborhood bar offers a distinctive selection of wine, beer and specialty
drinks. Outdoor dining. Dinner: Sunday, Tuesday-Thursday 5:30 - 9 pm, Friday and Saturday 5:30 -
10 pm, Lunch: Monday-Friday 11:30 am - 2 pm, Saturday 11:30 am - 3 pm, Sunday Brunch: 10:30
am - 2 pm
Pewter Rose Bistro is an eclectic fine dining bistro and metropolitan night club offering
internationally-influenced American food and wine in the heart of Charlotte's historic South End and
the Dilworth neighborhood.
At the Pewter Rose, we use numerous organic, sustainable, free-range and Earth Friendly products
on our highly seasonal menu. While various restrictions prevent us from offering a completely
organic menu, we select items that may have the most impact on our guests' healthy eating. We
currently use several organic chicken and turkey products, hormone/antibiotic free beef, as well as
some organic lettuces and produce. Several local farms provide all our herbs and some vegetables
during the local growing season. A friend and former employee also grows heirloom tomats and
vegetables for us during the summer.
Vegetarian concerns are also always considered when we create our seasonal menus. Numerous
lunch/dinner items and our award winning desserts are easy choices for lacto-ovo vegetarians.
Many more items on the menu are compatible for various vegetarian diets with simple preparation
change requests. We also offer a nightly special for our strict vegan friends.
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Pewter Rose Bistro is open for lunch Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday
and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dinner is served Monday through Thursday from 4 to 10 p.m.;
Friday and Saturday from 4 to 11 p.m.; and Sunday from 5 to 9 p.m.
Piedmont Restaurant
401 Foster Street, Durham, NC 27701
Tel: 919-683-1213
Contact: Andrew Magowan, Drew Brown, Abby Pearce
info@piedmontrestaurant.com
http://piedmontrestaurant.com
A neighborhood restaurant next to the Farmer's Market that uses local and sustainable produce,
meat and dairy in creative cuisine influenced by traditional French and Italian dishes.
We are a true Farm to Fork Restaurant so the menu will change often. We work very close with our
farming partners to offer you the freshest ingredients at their seasonal peak of flavor.
Rosetta's Kitchen
116 North Lexington Ave., Asheville, NC 28801
Tel: 828-232-0738
Contact: Zane Adams
http://www.rosettaskitchen.com/
We are downtown Asheville's whole-foods kitchen & cafe. We serve lunch, dinner, late night, and
Sunday brunches as well as hosting Community Cauldron Sundays. We have been open since
2002 and have been serving our extended family, friends, and wanderer throughers, creative
vegatarian and vegan soul foods out of our colorful space at a brisk pace all these years. At
Rosetta's Kitchen we take environmental and green philosophies to heart, and we strive to keep
things as local as possible especially the food we use to make the good stuff everyone loves!
We have hosted hundreds of benefits, art shows, and musicians, we have fed the homeless, the
wealthy, a good handful of celebrities, and everyone in between.
We have nourished everyone who has passed through our doors in the best ways we know how...
We are owned by the Wezeltown tribe, managed by Rosetta and Juniper, and staffed by a
dedicated crew of brilliant freaks of various persuasions.
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We are frequented by a constant flow of creative souls of a wide spectrum, foodies, health nuts,
vegans, vegetarians, and curious tourists. Please stop in, say hello, and allow us to feed you. It is
always an honor.
Sandwhich
431 West Franklin St. #, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Tel: 919.929.2114
http://www.sandwhich.biz
WHY: Our sandwiches, salads, soups and brownies are simply delicious. We use the best
ingredients we can find, like outstanding Valrhona chocolate and real vanilla, and locally milled
organic flour. Our beef is free-range from Niman Ranch, cheeses are from artisanal sources.
Everything else, we do here. All salads, soups, and desserts are made in-house, from scratch, using
the best ingredients we can find, like local produce, Ashley Farms chicken, and Valrhona chocolate.
Join us today for a real Sandwhich.
Savoy
641 Merrimon Ave., Asheville, NC 28804
Tel: 828.253.1077
info@savoyasheville.com
http://www.savoyasheville.com/
Step into our dining room - intimate, yet elegant with linen-covered tables - and share in the
international creations that our chefs craft to reflect the flavors of France, Italy, Spain and Asia,
enhanced by only the freshest locally-grown organic produce, free-range meats, and line-caught
fruits of the sea flown in from around the world.
Our mission: to create an environment where life's most sustaining and essential needs of food and
drink are presented with undiminished attention to quality, presentation, and service - engaging and
enriching all of the senses.
It is earnestly our greatest desire to infuse every visit for each individual with a unique and
memorable culinary experience.
Square 1 Bistro
111 South Main St, Hendersonville, NC 28792
Tel: 828-698-5598
Contact: Joseph Lewis
info@square1bistro.com
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http://www.square1bistro.com
The Sweet Pea Cafe is located in the historic district of Concord North Carolina. The food is
prepared fresh each day by the owner, Bonnie Silvers. The restuarant offers a variety of organic and
vegetarian options, is vegan friendly, and sells wheat and gluten free items.
T1 Tapas
8625-c Lindholm Dr, Huntersville, NC 28078
Tel: 704-895-4373
info@t1tapas.com
http://www.t1tapas.com
T1 Tapas are ideal portions of simple, fresh ingredients artfully prepared to bring out their optimum
flavor. We've adapted some of the best dishes from around the world—Latin American, Asian,
Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Caribbean—so let your taste buds take you traveling!
While our tapas menu spans the globe for inspiration, we buy organic seasonal ingredients as close
to home as possible to ensure freshness, help us support our local economy, and reduce our impact
on the environment.
Our menu is seasonal and changes frequently to capture the best of today's freshest foods.
Table Restaurant & Bar is a unique upscale restaurant offering an elegant dining experience in an
inspiring environment. The interior decor takes its cues from the glamour era of 1920's “ 1940's.
Our Executive Chef, Gene Briggs mantra is œfrom farm to table•, as is any great chef's. Meaning
that we source the freshest ingredients from farmers and present the composed entree to your
table.
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Contact: Dani
info@customshopfood.com
http://www.customshopfood.com
Customshop is a modern Roman trattoria with a neighborhood feel, located in the heart of Charlotte,
NC. Our menu offers an eclectic mix of traditional and innovative American dishes, inspired by
Italian, French, and Spanish cuisine.
Customshop is committed to supporting local, organic farm ventures by bringing our guests the
freshest, sustainable foods in the area. Weekly menu changes are tailored around the seasonal
availability of produce, with sea options created around the weekly “catch” of our local fisherman,
Rock Stone. All pastas are made in-house and include unique options such as squid ink spaghetti
and cheese pumpkin gnocchi.
Throughout his years in the restaurant business, owner and chef Mark Rosenstein's hunting and
gathering mentality has continued to influence his daily menu.
The Market Place continues the tradition of using the freshest foods, with a strong emphasis on
local and organic products, knowing that the best food is that which moves quickly from farm to
plate. Seasonal ingredients, fresh hand-made preparations, creativity, and the use of certain
timeless European recipes result in cuisine with levels of quality and originality so rare they take
your breath away.
We currently operate a restaurant/brewery in Manteo. We are in the process of opening a new Farm
Brewery/Butchery complex in Currituck County. Our goal is to create a retail complex which will
allow local farmers to sell value added farm products to the 200,000 tourists on the way to the
beach. We have a German trained butcher, we will be selling only locally raised meats. We even
have a smoker on premise for smoked meats and fish. This is also intended to become a
demonstration farm and a training facility for branding local farm products for the retail market.
Choose from a southern-style menu including breakfast, organic, vegetarian and vegan items, plus
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weekly dinner specials and incredible homemade desserts. Whenever possible we use produce
from local farmers, and decorate our dining room with art from local artisans. Hours: Tues-Sun 9
am-3 pm; Tues-Thurs 5:30-10 pm; Fri and Sat 5:30 pm-midnight. Closed Mondays.
Watts Grocery
1116 Broad Street, Durham, NC 27705
Tel: 919-416-5040
Contact: Amy Tornquist
info@wattsgrocery.com
http://www.wattsgrocery.com/
Fine dining with local ingredients. Featuring local foods--many raised, caught, smoked, pickled, or
cured within a two-hour radius.
We brew only natural unfiltered beers and all our beer is brewed based on the "Reinheitsgebot" of
1516, allowing no additives in beer. We self distribute locally and we probably have the only 100%
glass re-use brewery in this country. All our bottles can be returned to the brewery for a 35 cent
credit or a $2 credit, depending on the bottle size. We do not recycle glass, we re-use!
We co-op with local family farms and raise only free range hormone free animals. This year we
bought all the grain for our pork farmer and he in tern is raising over 100 hogs for us. We are also
working on a beef arrangement similar to the hog system. Our butchery is a joint venture with a 5th
generation German Master butcher, we make and smoke all our own sausages, bacon, salami and
even prosciutto on site. The goal is to know which local farm each piece of meat came from.
We have a true organic farmer who raises all crops naturally and based on the Rudolf Steiner
principal. We are composting all retail food scraps, meat scraps and brewer's grain together with our
grass clippings as food source for the farm.
We strive to use all our own vegetables and meats, of course also the beer. By the way we are the
only restaurant brewery in the US where we never in 22 years, have sold another beer but our own!
We are bringing in a fully qualified German Master Butcher and a graduate from Turin, who has
been training at the Terra Madre facility. We are also working with Johnson and Wales to create a
culinary intern program, which would give students an opportunity to raise vegetables, make
sausages, smoke meats and fish and then the training would take them to Bavaria to train at the
family butcher's facility there. This is a very different training approach but is essential if we want to
create a sustainable food chain in this country.
Wellspring Cafe
Durham
621 Broad St, Durham, NC
Tel: 919-286-2290
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Located inside the Whole Foods Market, this cafe serves Breakfasts, Lunches, and Dinners.
Wellspring Cafe
Raleigh
3540 Wade Ave, Raleigh, NC 27607
Tel: 919-828-5805
Fax: 919-828-5825
betsy.dietsch@wholefoods.com
Located inside the Whole Foods Market, this cafe serves Breakfasts, Lunches, and Dinners.
Zely & Ritz is all about fresh, organic, locally grown dishes served in tapas style small plates (so that
you can order several and share) in an upscale, casual, yet hip and smoke-free environment.
Chef Sarig's food is intensely flavorful, beautifully presented and simply delicious. Sarig uses
Mediterranean and Middle Eastern spices in unexpected ways with local organic ingredients to
create fantastic culinary works of art and as a former Wine Spectator award winner, Nancy's wine
selections are the perfect complement to the perfect meal.
At Zely & Ritz we believe the best food comes from local farmers that we know produce quality
organic produce and hormone and antibiotic free meats. We buy locally and organically whenever
we can. Both Chef Sarig and Richard grew up farming and cooking (Richard on a farm in Eastern
North Carolina and Sarig on a Kibbutz along the Mediterranean Sea in Israel).
As adults, Sarig became a master chef who specializes in preparing fresh ingredients in the most
delicious way and along with wife Nancy pairing them with the perfect wines to make for the tastiest
and healthiest possible meals. Richard became an entrepreneur/businessman who in addition to
being an avid organic gardener recently purchased Coon Rock Farm which will supply vegetables,
meat, eggs, and honey for Zely & Ritz. And to complete the cycle, all food waste from Zely & Ritz is
sent back to Coon Rock farm for composting to feed the next season of crops.
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Bare Essentials Natural Market is a full-service natural products store serving the North Carolina
High Country for over 20 years. We offer thousands of products including packaged and fresh foods,
body care products and supplements. Our fresh fruits and vegetables are organically or transitionally
grown and are from local and regional sources when possible. We have just about everything you
could want. And what we don't have, we can get! Open every day of the week.
Small vegetarian outlet with a daily selection of soups, sandwiches, and other prepared items.
Chatham Marketplace
480 Hillsboro Street, Suite 320, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Tel: (919) 542-2643
Fax: (919) 542-3613
Contact: David Dellea and Mary DeMare
mary@chathammarketplace.coop
http://www.chathammarketplace.com
Chatham Marketplace is a cooperative owned by members of our community. All are welcome to
become market owners by purchasing ownership shares. You do not have to be a co-op owner,
however, to shop at Chatham Marketplace.
Deep Roots is a natural food cooperative that has been serving the Greensboro N.C. area since
1976. We are committed to bringing our community wholesome, healthy food and supplements, as
well as providing education and information about health and the environment.
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Hours of operation are 9am to 8pm, Monday through Saturday, and Sunday, 12pm to 7pm.
Location: Deep Roots Market is located on Spring Garden Street between Holden Road
and the East Wendover Avenue exit, convenient to downtown and easily accessible from all other
areas of the city. Turn off Spring Garden Street onto Cranbrook Street to enter the store parking lot.
The Durham Co-op Grocery is a living and dynamic institution. It is constantly being shaped through
the participation of all kinds of people - new and familiar, young and old. Staff and members strive to
create a shopping environment that is stimulating, creative, and, overall, friendly and welcoming to
everyone. We'll hope you'll feel at home here!
The co-op, which was founded in 1971, is a rather small operation specializing in bulk”the store
features tons of all-natural and organic herbs, spices, nuts, grains, and more. Organic dairy
products”milk, cheeses, yogurt”are available, as are locally-raised, free-range eggs. Moreover, at
any one time, about 70% of all the produce is local and organic. Customers are more than welcome
to place a special order for anything not carried in-store.
The co-op ds not carry any meat products, although meats are available through the co-op's
partnership with a local CSA. Customers can enroll in the CSA and pick up their all-natural meats at
the co-op on delivery days. For more information, inquire with the store.
Hours of operation are Monday through Saturday, 10am to 8pm and Sunday, 11am to 8pm.
Earth Fare
Asheville (West)
66 Westgate Pkway, Asheville, NC 28806
Tel: 828-253-7656
asheville100@earthfare.com
http://www.earthfare.com
Earth Fare provides a healthy selection of naturally-raised and organic meats. None of their meat
products contain antibiotics or hormones. Beyond the usual suspects of chicken, turkey, beef, and
pork, Earth Fare also features more exotic or hard-to-find meats such as ostrich, venison, and
various poultry breeds. While not every location may carry a certain product, such as duck or capon,
anything can be ordered with ease. The emphasis on sustainably raised, all-natural products
extends to produce as well, as many of their fruits and vegetables are raised on local, organic farms.
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Earth Fare
Greensboro
2965 Battleground Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27408
Tel: 336-369-0190
gso110@earthfare.com
http://www.earthfare.com/
Earth Fare provides a healthy selection of naturally-raised and organic meats. None of their meat
products contain antibiotics or hormones. Beyond the usual suspects of chicken, turkey, beef, and
pork, Earth Fare also features more exotic or hard-to-find meats such as ostrich, venison, and
various poultry breeds. While not every location may carry a certain product, such as duck or capon,
anything can be ordered with ease. The emphasis on sustainably raised, all-natural products
extends to produce as well, as many of their fruits and vegetables are raised on local, organic farms.
Store hours are 8:00am to 9:00pm Monday through Saturday and Sunday 8:00am to 8:00pm.
Earth Fare
Boone
178 West King Street, Boone, NC 28607
Tel: 828-263-8138
bne130@earthfare.com
http://www.earthfare.com/
Earth Fare provides a healthy selection of naturally-raised and organic meats. None of their meat
products contain antibiotics or hormones. Beyond the usual suspects of chicken, turkey, beef, and
pork, Earth Fare also features more exotic or hard-to-find meats such as ostrich, venison, and
various poultry breeds. While not every location may carry a certain product, such as duck or capon,
anything can be ordered with ease. The emphasis on sustainably raised, all-natural products
extends to produce as well, as many of their fruits and vegetables are raised on local, organic farms.
Store hours are 8:00am to 10:00pm daily.
Earth Fare
Charlotte
12235 North Community House Road, Charlotte, NC 28277
Tel: 704-926-1201
charlotte120@earthfare.com
http://www.earthfare.com/
Earth Fare provides a healthy selection of naturally-raised and organic meats. None of their meat
products contain antibiotics or hormones. Beyond the usual suspects of chicken, turkey, beef, and
pork, Earth Fare also features more exotic or hard-to-find meats such as ostrich, venison, and
various poultry breeds. While not every location may carry a certain product, such as duck or capon,
anything can be ordered with ease. The emphasis on sustainably raised, all-natural products
extends to produce as well, as many of their fruits and vegetables are raised on local, organic farms.
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Earth Fare
Charlotte
721 Governor Morrison Street, Suite 110, Charlotte, NC 28211
Tel: 704-749-5042
charlotte125@earthfare.com
http://www.earthfare.com
We sell foods as close to the ground as it gets. Products with these ingredients/processes WILL
NOT BE SOLD at Earth Fare :
Earth Fare provides a healthy selection of naturally-raised and organic meats. None of their meat
products contain antibiotics or hormones. Beyond the usual suspects of chicken, turkey, beef, and
pork, Earth Fare also features more exotic or hard-to-find meats such as ostrich, venison, and
various poultry breeds. While not every location may carry a certain product, such as duck or capon,
anything can be ordered with ease. The emphasis on sustainably raised, all-natural products
extends to produce as well, as many of their fruits and vegetables are raised on local, organic farms.
Earth Fare provides a healthy selection of naturally-raised and organic meats. None of the meat
products contain antibiotics or hormones. Beyond the usual suspects of chicken, turkey, beef, and
pork, Earth Fare also features more exotic or hard-to-find meats such as ostrich, venison, and
various poultry breeds. While not every location may carry a certain product, such as duck or capon,
anything can be ordered with ease. The emphasis on sustainably raised, all-natural products
extends to produce as well, as many of their fruits and vegetables are raised on local, organic farms.
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Earth Fare sells all the foods you love ... only better. Full-service natural and organic supermarket
with large selection of organic and local produce, all natural meats and poultry, wide selection of
artisanal cheeses, eclectic microbrews and wines, scratch deli, bakery, sit down cafe, groceries,
bulk, and nutrition and body care. A Carolina based and owned company.
Growing and selling herbs, perennials, unusual bedding plants and shrubs. Fresh cut herbs &
flowers. Display gardens, gift shop, free range eggs, honey. Open April-October.
All Natural Meats. No Antibiotics, added Hormones or Cruelty. Heritage Beef, Pork, Chicken, Duck,
Ostrich, Bison, Goat, Eggs, Gluten Free Products. Thurs-Sun 9-5
What is the French Broad Food Coop? We are a consumer-owned co-operative--a business owned
by the people who work and shop here; a place where everyone makes a difference. From our days
as a buying club of friends and families in 1975 to the bustling downtown storefront we have today,
the Co-op has been a center for the community and a leader in healthful and natural living.
The French Broad Food Co-Op is about a lot of things, but first and foremost it's about you. You own
it! You shape it! You make it grow! We appreciate your commitment to us from the bottom of our
hearts!
Our vision at the French Broad Food Co-op is to be a transformative force in our community and
world and to serve as a model of a sustainable business alternative that nurtures social and
economic well-being in an environmentally sensitive manner.
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Fullam Creamery is a fourth generation dairy farm in Western North Carolina. The farm's goal is to
preserve the farming lifestyle by providing the freshest farmstead dairy products. The creamery
produces various types of cheese (mainly soft white cheeses with a hint of Latin American influence)
spreadable yogurt cheeses, and yogurt.
The soft white cheeses include Queso Fresco and Panela. Both of these cheeses are available in a
variety of flavors such as garlic, onion, and herb. The spreadable yogurt cheese comes in various
flavors as well like herb, cilantro, peach, mango, and lemon. The yogurt is available in strawberry
and vanilla.
All of these products are available from the farm's on-site retail store that is open Fridays and
Saturdays.
The milk comes from cows that are fed an all-natural, grain-based diet and that are never
supplemented with hormones and antibiotics. The cows are not raised on pasture; they reside in an
open barn with bedding for each individual animal.
Greenlife Grocery
70 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
Tel: 828-254-5440
Fax: 828-254-5220
mistyc@greenlifegrocery.com
http://www.greenlifegrocery.com
We believe that supporting environmentally friendly agriculture, especially organic, is good for the
planet and for our bodies. Supporting local production is good for the local economy and reduces
our dependency on oil. We offer organic produce, hormone and antibiotic free meats, natural,
organic and local grocery products, bulk foods, supplements and body care products, and a variety
of beer and wine. Open 7 am-10 pm 7 days a week.
Independently owned and operated for over 30 years, Harmony Farms Natural Foods is Raleigh's
only 100% organic produce store. Open Monday through Friday 10:00am to 7:00pm, Saturday
10:00am to 6:00pm, and Sunday 1:00pm to 6:00pm.
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Haywood Road Market is a community-owned grocery providing local, natural, and organic foods.
Many of the products--including the meats and produce--carried in store come from sustainable and
organic producers located just down the road. In season, the store overflows with an abundant
supply of locally-produced vegetables and fruits. And throughout the year customers can find
pasture-raised pork and beef from a great farm in Fairview. When local goods aren't available, the
store will bring in reputable, brand-name, organic products. Overall, the staff estimates that
Haywood Road Market is at least 85% organic.
The stores is open Monday through Friday from 9am to 9pm; Saturday from 9am to 8pm; and
Sunday from 10am to 8pm.
Health-A-Rama
3712 N. Croatan Hwy 158, Kitty Hawk, NC 27949
Tel: 252-261-9919
Health-A-Rama is the organic and all-natural food store for North Carolina's Outer Banks. Located in
Kitty Hawk at milepost 4.5, the store features a wide range of organic options in a sizeable space.
The store carries a full-line of groceries, including everything from organic produce and meats to
diary products, condiments, cosmetics, natural medicines, herbs, books, pet supplies, and vitamins.
Most of the meats are frozen, but the selection is impressive.
Natural Foods Market and Blue Mountain Cafe. Lots of local and organic food. 100% organic
produce. Great cafe with vegetarian options and hormone free meats.
Home Economist
South End
2707 South Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28209
Tel: 704-536-4663
se@hemarket.com
http://www.hemarket.com/
The Home Economist has provided the area with fresh and natural food products for more than 25
years.
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Offering a wide range of nutritional lifestyle options to the diverse communities that we serve
Continually striving to be a prosperous company for the growth & benefit of our employees,
customers, vendors, & community
Store Hours:
Mon.-Sat. 8am-8pm
Sun. 10am-7pm
Home Economist
Independence
5410 E. Independence Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28212
Tel: 704-536-4663
ind@hemarket.com
http://www.hemarket.com/index.html
The Independence location of Home Economist dsn't feature as deep of a meat selection as the
South End store, as it mainly caters to vegetarians. But the store ds carry an assortment of cold cuts
and all-natural frozen sausages.
Store Hours:
Sunday: 11am-6pm
Home Economist
Davidson
261 Griffith Street, Davidson, NC 28036
Tel: 704-892-6191
dav@hemarket.com
http://www.hemarket.com
The Home Economist has provided the area with fresh and natural food products for more than 25
years.
¢Offering a wide range of nutritional lifestyle options to the diverse communities that we serve
¢Continually striving to be a prosperous company for the growth & benefit of our employees,
customers, vendors, & community
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Store Hours:
Mon.-Sat. 8am-8pm
Sun. 11am-7pm
At the Maple View Farm Country Store customers can purchase farm-fresh milk, butter, ice cream,
and beef. The ice cream is available in five flavors: Vanilla, Chocolate, Butter Pecan, Chocolate
Chip Cookie Dough, and Coffee. The store is located on the north east corner of the intersection of
Rocky Ridge Road and Dairyland Road, approximately 3.5 miles west of Calvander. The location is
on high ground looking west over the farm and adjacent fields. The front porch is furnished with
rocking chairs, which are strategically positioned for a great view of the rolling countryside. Picnic
tables are on the hill overlooking the farm.
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At the Matlock Creek Farm Market you'll find natural skin care products, bottled herbs and
seasonings, homemade jams and jellies, herb teas, bottled juices and water, homemade bakery
items, and natural personal care products. We also offer specialty foods from around the world and,
of course, you'll find produce from our garden as well as free-range poultry eggs.
Nature's Manna
1168 Julian Allsbrook Highway, Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870
Tel: 252-533-0003
Contact: Cecil and Judy Pearson
naturesmanna@earthlink.net
http://www.natures-manna.com/index.html
Cecil and Judy Pearson opened Nature's Manna in 2002. The store offers just about any all-natural
or organic product anyone could need, including meats, fruits and vegetables, grains, lotions, soaps,
teas, and much more. All the meats are frozen and much of the organic produce is canned. The
store also features a seating area in the rear where customers can read up on some literature or
watch health-themed videos. Nature's Manna is open 10am to 6pm, Monday through Saturday.
15,000 sq foot specialty retailer with large selection of organic and true all-natural foods. We have
wonderful eat-in, take-out food and tables in the garden and upstairs. One of our Passions is local
foods and we support many local farms and producers.
Old time hardware feed and seed store in downtown Matthews, NC. Tuesday through Saturday
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SoHo Organics
101 E. Colonial Ave., Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Tel: 252-338-8378
Contact: Erin Scott
sohoorganics@yahoo.com
We are a downtown corner grocery store specializing in organic foods (fresh, frozen and packaged);
bulk grains, herbs and spices; as well as all natural meats. We try to carry local North Carolina
meats and produce when available. We are open 9am to 6pm Monday through Saturday.
Talley's Green Grocery, founded in 1991, is a natural foods supermarket located in the historic
Dilworth section of Charlotte, North Carolina. As a natural foods supermarket, we provide a selection
of foods free from artificial ingredients such as artificial flavorings, artificial colorings, artificial
preservatives, added MSG and hydrogenated oils. Additionally, none of our personal care products
have been tested on animals (they are cruelty free). Our produce department provides the widest
selection of organic produce available. We provide the only source in Charlotte for certified organic,
naturally raised, grain-fed beef, free from added antibiotics or hormones. Free range chicken is also
featured, naturally raised and free from added antibiotics and hormones. Our cafe serves freshly
prepared hot lunches from our own recipes as well as a full line of cold salads and freshly baked
muffins and cookies. Talley's Green Grocery has been featured on Food TV and has won
numerous awards in Charlotte for being the best natural foods store, best place to buy vitamins and
supplements and best restaurant for vegetarians.
Tidal Creek is a unique natural food store offering organic, bulk, and natural foods, health and
beauty products, and Wilmington's best coffees and smoothies. Cooperatively owned, Tidal Creek
is committed to providing the healthiest available products at the best possible prices. Everyone is
welcome you don't have to be a member to shop!
We are dedicated to serving and connecting our community through a thriving natural foods
cooperative business. Our vision is to foster and nourish health of the individual, community and
planet by offering:
¢High quality natural and organic foods and other environmentally sound products
¢Education and training to help people make informed choices towards well being
Store hours are Monday-Saturday, 8am to 8pm and Sunday, 10am to 6pm.
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Triangle Nutrition
8801 Leadmine Road, Suite 117, Raleigh, NC 27615
Tel: 919-847-8498
Fax: 919-847-8489
Contact: Scott Beer
Along with organic groceries, supplements, and natural body care products, we support local
farmers: Capritopia Farm's pesticide-free produce May-October, local farm eggs from pastured
hens, Lee's Bee's honey, Flying Pig's shiitakes, NuDimension's B.A.R.F. raw pet food from
chemical-free meats/organic vegetables, and White Pear body care. Hours 10-6:30 M-F, 10-6 Sat.,
1-5 Sunday.
Our Southern Village store is a concentrated version of our Carrboro location, offering a full-service
twist on our most popular products, many of which are produced in our home store in Carrboro and
delivered fresh daily. Outdoor Dining. Newly expanded! Come check out our new offerings and
services! Open 7 Days: 7 am - 9 pm
Your community-owned grocery featuring the most abundant offerings of locally-grown and
locally-produced products in the area. We're happy to offer the area's best artisan breads and
delicious pastries all made from scratch in our in-house bakery. You'll find a large selection of
all-natural prepared foods and extensive wine and beer selection to enjoy on our lawn or take home.
Sunday Jazz Brunch 11am - 1 pm. Outdoor Dining.Open 7 Days: 7:30 am - 9 pm M-F, 8 am - 9 pm
Sat and Sun
We brew only natural unfiltered beers and all our beer is brewed based on the "Reinheitsgebot" of
1516, allowing no additives in beer. We self distribute locally and we probably have the only 100%
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glass re-use brewery in this country. All our bottles can be returned to the brewery for a 35 cent
credit or a $2 credit, depending on the bottle size. We do not recycle glass, we re-use!
We co-op with local family farms and raise only free range hormone free animals. This year we
bought all the grain for our pork farmer and he in tern is raising over 100 hogs for us. We are also
working on a beef arrangement similar to the hog system. Our butchery is a joint venture with a 5th
generation German Master butcher, we make and smoke all our own sausages, bacon, salami and
even prosciutto on site. The goal is to know which local farm each piece of meat came from.
We have a true organic farmer who raises all crops naturally and based on the Rudolf Steiner
principal. We are composting all retail food scraps, meat scraps and brewer's grain together with our
grass clippings as food source for the farm.
We strive to use all our own vegetables and meats, of course also the beer. By the way we are the
only restaurant brewery in the US where we never in 22 years, have sold another beer but our own!
We are bringing in a fully qualified German Master Butcher and a graduate from Turin, who has
been training at the Terra Madre facility. We are also working with Johnson and Wales to create a
culinary intern program, which would give students an opportunity to raise vegetables, make
sausages, smoke meats and fish and then the training would take them to Bavaria to train at the
family butcher's facility there. This is a very different training approach but is essential if we want to
create a sustainable food chain in this country.
Founded in 1980 as one small store in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market® is now the world's
largest retailer of natural and organic foods, with 162 stores in North America and the United
Kingdom. To date Whole Foods Market remains uniquely mission driven: We're highly selective
about what we sell, dedicated to stringent Quality Standards, and committed to sustainable
agriculture. We believe in a virtuous circle entwining the food chain, human beings and Mother
Earth: each is reliant upon the others through a beautiful and delicate symbiosis.
Organic fruits, vegetables, bulk grains and nutritional supplements. Made from scratch hearth
breads and pastries. Healthy gourmet meals to eat-in or take out.
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http://www.wholefoods.com/
Founded in 1980 as one small store in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market® is now the world's
largest retailer of natural and organic foods, with 162 stores in North America and the United
Kingdom. To date Whole Foods Market remains uniquely mission driven: We're highly selective
about what we sell, dedicated to stringent Quality Standards, and committed to sustainable
agriculture. We believe in a virtuous circle entwining the food chain, human beings and Mother
Earth: each is reliant upon the others through a beautiful and delicate symbiosis.
Organic fruits, vegetables, bulk grains and nutritional supplements. Made from scratch hearth
breads and pastries. Healthy gourmet meals to eat-in or take out. 8am- 9pm daily
Cafe hours: 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. seven days a week.
Founded in 1980 as one small store in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market® is now the world's
largest retailer of natural and organic foods, with 162 stores in North America and the United
Kingdom. To date Whole Foods Market remains uniquely mission driven: We're highly selective
about what we sell, dedicated to stringent Quality Standards, and committed to sustainable
agriculture. We believe in a virtuous circle entwining the food chain, human beings and Mother
Earth: each is reliant upon the others through a beautiful and delicate symbiosis.
Organic fruits, vegetables, bulk grains and nutritional supplements. Made from scratch hearth
breads and pastries. Healthy gourmet meals to eat-in or take out. 9 to 9 Monday-Sunday
Founded in 1980 as one small store in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market® is now the world's
largest retailer of natural and organic foods, with 162 stores in North America and the United
Kingdom. To date Whole Foods Market remains uniquely mission driven: We're highly selective
about what we sell, dedicated to stringent Quality Standards, and committed to sustainable
agriculture. We believe in a virtuous circle entwining the food chain, human beings and Mother
Earth: each is reliant upon the others through a beautiful and delicate symbiosis.
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Winston-Salem
41 Miller Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27104
Tel: 336-722-9233
Fax: 336-722-9231
Contact: Jessica Glasscoe
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/winston-salem
Founded in 1980 as one small store in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market® is now the world's
largest retailer of natural and organic foods, with 162 stores in North America and the United
Kingdom. To date Whole Foods Market remains uniquely mission driven: We're highly selective
about what we sell, dedicated to stringent Quality Standards, and committed to sustainable
agriculture. We believe in a virtuous circle entwining the food chain, human beings and Mother
Earth: each is reliant upon the others through a beautiful and delicate symbiosis.
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Seasonal Guide
NORTH CAROLINA Jan February March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Apples x x x x x x x
Beans, Green x x x x
Beans, Butter x x
Blueberries x x x
Broccoli x
Cabbage x x x x x x x x
Cantaloupes x x
Corn x x x
Cucumbers x x x
Eggplant x x x
Grapes x x x
Leafy Greens x x x x x x x x x x
Okra x x
Peaches x x x x
Peanuts x x x x x x x x x x x x
Peas, Field x x
Pecans x x
Peppers, Green x x x
Potatoes, White x x
Potatoes, Sweet x x x x x x x x x x x x
Pumpkins x x
Squash x x x x
Strawberries x x x
Tomatoes x x x x
Watermelon x x x
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