Women Working in the Meat Business Retreat

Female farmers, processors and food professionals in the niche meat industry - two days, two nights with Master Butcher and third generation meet cutter, Kari Underly of Range Inc. Hands on butchery, small setting, marketing and merchandising, skill building and proficiency in whole animal utilization. Roll up your sleeves ladies!



NC Choices is hosting a Women Working in the Meat Business Retreat May 20th – 22nd in Chapel Hill, NC. The retreat, sponsored by the Farm Credit Associations of North Carolina,... is in response to the emerging role of female professionals within meat businesses. “Women are increasingly playing a leadership role in the meat sector, whether it’s as livestock producers, meat butchers, chefs or business owners,” says NC Choices’ Program Coordinator, Sarah Blacklin. “We’ve developed a unique retreat designed to address the challenges female professionals face in a male-dominated arena."

The two-day, two-night retreat will focus on hands-on meat cutting, marketing, and merchandising. Both sessions will be facilitated by Master Butcher Kari Underly, author of The Art of Beef Cutting: A Meat Professional’s Guide to Butchering and Merchandising.
The Farm Credit Associations of North Carolina are providing scholarships for female producers, meat processors, and food professionals located in North Carolina. “This is an important need and we are thrilled to be supporting NC Choices’ program,” said Maggie Hamm, SVP of Marketing for Carolina Farm Credit in Statesville, NC. “This event will be a superb opportunity for women who work in local and niche meat business to learn more about the important role they are playing in advancing the local meat industry.”

A number of local business are also sponsoring the event, including Lantern Restaurant, which will provide space for participants to learn how to breakdown a beef and hog carcass, fabricate specialty cuts and create and prepare value-added products. The Chapel Hilltop Lodge, a unique agri-tourism lodge located on 46 acres and eight miles outside of Chapel Hill, will provide retreat accommodations.

“We look forward to bringing our female leaders together to network and increase their technical skills,” says NC Choice’s Blacklin.

ALL MEDIA INQUIRIES: Contact Sarah Blacklin, sarah@ncchoices.com

FOR REGISTRATION AND SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION AS WELL AS SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Contact Meredith McKissick at meredith@ncchoices.com
 
Retreat Package: $400 per participant. Includes overnight accommodations at The Chapel Hilltop Lodge eight miles outside Chapel. Lodge sits on 46 acres and features an organic garden, saltwater pool, extensive balconies, patios, pool table, exercise room and expansive common space in a beautiful agricultural setting. Meals include complimentary breakfast, lunch at the Carolina Brewery, cocktail social hour, and a special dinner at Lantern Restaurant, recognized by Gourmet Magazine as one of "America's Top 50 Restaurants" and "best farm-to-table restaurants". Participants will gain hands-on whole hog and beef butchery training from Kari Underly, a third generation meat cutter, inventor of the flat iron steak, and James Beard Award nominee. Participants will improve their understanding of how to market and merchandise meat products with increased proficiency, communication, and confidence in an intimate environment with top industry professionals. Participants will learn how to make specialty sausages and leave the retreat with meat to take home for their families. Butchery classes will be located in “Lantern Table”, Lantern restaurant’s new community kitchen and private dining room on Franklin St. in downtown Chapel Hill. Space is Limited to 25 participants and registration occurs on a first come first serve basis.

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Grapes & Small Plates

Grapes & Small Plates, A Local Food & Wine Event returns in April.

Grapes & Small Plates returns in April to showcase the tastes of Winston-Salem with close to 20 area restaurants. After a great showing and community participation 2012, they will be back throughout the month of April on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Participating are independently owned and operated restaurants who will tempt patrons with signature small plates and optional local wine selections.

Participating customers will have the opportunity to enter into drawings each time they dine for Grapes & Small Plates. A drawing of all participating guests will be held at the end of the month, with winners receiving prizes, including gift cards to participating restaurants and donated items such as a brand-new chef's knife set.

The event kicks off in early April.

For more information visit www.grapesandsmallplates.com or join their Facebook page.

Goat Milk Aged Cheese & Chevre in the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina (Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point)

We are a Grade B dairy and the goat's milk comes from our own Nubian and Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats. We are a farmstead operation which means the cheese is made from the milk of our own herd (no milk is purchased) and on the farm where the goats are raised. It is produced by hand in small batches.

For more details about the cheeses available, please visit Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery

We are located near the intersection of Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line.

Currently in the cooler are our raw milk aged goat cheeses (hard cheeses), goat milk feta, plain and flavored chevres (soft cheeses), and plain anf flavored farmers cheeses (soft cheeses).

Website has store hours along with information on the other farm products that are available.

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery is located on Buffalo Creek Farm Road in Germanton, NC near the intersection of Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We are a few miles north of Winston-Salem and a short drive from Rural Hall, King, Walkertown, Kernersville. Walnut Cove, Danbury, High Point, Greensboro, Pilot Mountain, Mt. Airy and other communities in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia. In our on site Farm Store, we have raw milk aged goat cheese, grass fed beef, pastured lamb and pastured free range eggs along with our handmade goat's milk soap and other local goodness.

Farm Buddies

Our friends at Fantasy Photography will be borrowing one of our goat kids for their Farm Buddies Mini Photography sessions in April.  Visit their Facebook page or blog for all of the details!

Our smallest farm hands had their picture taken last year with one of our nubian goats...

Fantasy Photography is a natural light portrait design studio and boutique located just ten minutes north of Winston-Salem, North Carolina in beautiful, historic Germanton. We are NOT a formal studio - we love jeans, simple dresses, bare feet and outdoors!

Fantasy Photography is the work of Giulia and Jonathan Smith.

Fantasy Photography specializes in outdoor photography sessions, maternity and prenatal photography, newborn photography, baby photography, children's photography, children's limited edition fantasy portraits, family photography, pet photography, portrait parties, birthday party photography, custom framing, greeting cards, birth announcements and other custom boutique photography items.

Fantasy Photography in North Carolina serves the following areas: Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Eden, Reidsville, Madison, Mayodan, High Point, King, Rural Hall, Pilot Mountain, Mount Airy, Walnut Cove, Germanton, Kernersville, Dobson, Stokes County, Surry County, Forsyth County, Guilford County, Rockingham County and surrounding areas in North Carolina.

Piedmont Farm School 2013 - Our Turn!

 

                      

The pictures above courtesy of our new friend at Hope Farms, because of course we forgot to take pictures ourselves!

Today was a extra busy day at the farm.  We were hosts to the 2013 Piedmont Farm School, which is meeting monthly February to June and September to October for business training and field trip to local farms. Our guests toured the farm and the creamery... and of course, sampled LOTS of our goat cheese!

Below is the list of topics, so that you'll know what you missed out on...

Feb. 12

‐ Whole Farm Planning
 

Feb. 28

‐ Farm Trip to Peregrine Farm in Alamance County

March 12

‐ Farm Planning

March 28

‐ Small Scale Dairy Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC in Germanton, NC

April 9

‐ Financial Record Keeping

April 25

‐ Specialty Crops Farm Trip (Hops and Mushrooms) in Yadkin and Iredell Counties

May 14

‐ Farm History and Current Situation "What Have You Got?”

May 30

‐ Fruits Farm Trip to High Rock Nursery and The Persimmon Branch

June 11

‐ Marketing Fundamentals
 

June 27

‐ Vegetables Farm Trip to Piedmont Research Station

Salisbury and Correll Farms, Cleveland in Rowan County

September 10

‐ Your Business Planning

September 26

‐ Pasture Pork and Poultry Farm

Trip to Wild Turkey Farm in Rowan County

October 8

‐ Student Review

October 27

‐ Agritourism, Marketing
Sanders Ridge Winery, Vineyard and Organic Farm, in Booneville

Big Day

I guess we're ready for the Piedmont Farm School!?

Quick reminder that we will be hosting Piedmont Farm School this morning. The Farm Store will be open as usual but please be aware that parking/shopping will be more difficult until after 12 Noon. Thanks for your understanding!

Our farm has been accepted to two Farmers Markets for the 2013 season and will be selling cheese at those in addition keeping Let It Grow Produce and the farm store stocked.  We are staying busy at the farm and preparing for even busier months to come!

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery is located on Buffalo Creek Farm Road in Germanton, NC near the intersection of Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We are a few miles north of Winston-Salem and a short drive from Rural Hall, King, Walkertown, Kernersville. Walnut Cove, Danbury, High Point, Greensboro, Pilot Mountain, Mt. Airy and other communities in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia. In our on site Farm Store, we have both raw milk aged goat cheese and fresh chevres, grass fed beef, pastured lamb and pastured free range eggs along with our handmade goat's milk soap and other local goodness.

Making Eating Local Easy

Make eating at home healthy and easy by planning your weekly meals using local food! 

Piedmont Local Food delivers your goodies to our farm store on Wednesday's for pick up.  New items from local farms are added each week!

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

See Ya'll at the Market!

In addition our farm store, we will be selling our goat cheese at a few local farmers markets this year!

 

 

King Farmers' Market

(Parking Lot of the Stokes Family YMCA)

105 Moore Road

King, NC 27021

May 1 through October 30, 2013

Wednesdays | 11am - 1pm

 

Old Salem Cobblestone Farmers Market

Adjacent to the Single Brothers Garden at the

Intersection of West Street and Salt Street

Winston-Salem, NC

April 13 through November 23, 2013

Saturdays | 9am-Noon

NOTE! April 13 - May 11 the Saturday Market will be at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts (N. Spruce Street in Winston-Salem) and move to Old Salem on May 18. Old Salem is host to the Komen Race for the Cure on May 4th and the Winston-Salem Centennial Celebration on May 11th.

 

 

 

 

 

 Learn more about the selection of goat milk cheeses that we make and the other items available in our farm store on our website.

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery is located on Buffalo Creek Farm Road in Germanton, NC near the intersection of Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We are a few miles north of Winston-Salem and a short drive from Rural Hall, King, Walkertown, Kernersville. Walnut Cove, Danbury, High Point, Greensboro, Pilot Mountain, Mt. Airy and other communities in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia. In our on site Farm Store, we have both raw milk aged goat cheese and fresh chevres, grass fed beef, pastured lamb and pastured free range eggs along with our handmade goat's milk soap and other local goodness.

Upcoming Class: Basic Goat Husbandry

Upcoming Class: Basic Goat Husbandry

Many, many people express interest in learning more about goat care, something we view as an important responsibility. We are now excited to offer a day-long workshop to share our knowledge. Our March 30 Basic Goat Husbandry Workshop session filled up, so we've now opened a second date, on April 6, from 11am to 6pm. Each workshop is limited to 12 participants. To register for the workshop, please use the Paypal link below (which enables credit card processing, even if you don't have a paypal account). Cost for each participant is $110.
We are one of two goat dairies in North Carolina which bear the Animal Welfare Approved third party certification. As of right now, we have 150 goats on our farm; we expect approximately 150 kids to be born on-farm this spring. Some will be born prior to the start of this workshop, which will enable us to cover a broader range of topics. Depending on the whim of our does, who do seem to have a sense of theater, perhaps we'll see a live birth during the workshop. We are entirely pasture-based. If it's pouring rain that day, we'll reschedule for the same day/time the following week. If it is just sprinkling, the show will go on. Bring a lunch—it's a long day! We'll have handouts for you to take home, but also bring a notebook. We're covering a lot of information in a short period of time.

• assessing your goatkeeping goals
• preparing for your goat: shelter, fencing, considering other animals
• finding and selecting your goats
• essential and handy equipment and where to find it or how to make it
• nutritional requirements and supplements
• vaccinations, parasite control, and discussion of common health issues
• hoof trimming
• assessing health and illness
• finding a good veterinarian and when to consult
• basic breeding and kidding
• disbudding of horns and castration
• milking

To check availability, please email kat@prodigalfarm.com. Cost for each workshop is $110.

New Delivery!

New delivery to Let It Grow Produce on Country Club Road in Winston-Salem, our raw milk aged goat cheeses: Saura, Rock House and St. Philip's and Farmers cheese: plain, black pepper and herb de provence!

Later this month, you'll be seeing some of our fresh chevres there too!



Let It Grow Produce

All of our produce is locally and naturally grown and we also offer some certified organic items. Here at Let It Grow we are a family. We care about our fruits and vegetables and where they come from. However, Let It Grow is about more than just fruits, vegetables, and plants. It's about bringing homemade, local, and natural products to our community. We have already gathered quite a family of musicians, artists and craftsmen, but there is always plenty room for more.

Monday-Friday | 10am to 6pm
Saturday | 9am to 5pm

Let It Grow Produce
4825 Country Club Rd
Winston-Salem
NC 27104

336)768-6488
letitgrowproduce@gmail.com

2013 King Farmer's Market Dates

 

King Farmers' Market at the YMCA will open on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 and will be open every Wednesday until October 30th from 11-1 at the Stokes Family YMCA!

Painting North Carolina Show

Our neighbor, Germanton Gallery & Winery will be hosting the Painting North Carolina Show April 12th 5:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. April 13th 10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. April 14th 1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Quick Draw party on Sat, April 13th at Round Rock Farm in Germanton N.C. 3:00 P.M. TIL 6:30 P.M.

Auction, Food, Drink, Only 100 Tickets to be sold. Call gallery at (336) 969-6121 for more information.

10% of sales to benefit Stokes County Arts Council

Backyard Bow Pro

Backyard Bow Pro is a National non-profit organization that is working with farmers, property owners, communities, etc. across the state.  They are networking verified hunters with land owners, then they work together to support food relied eforts such as Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry and Hunters for the Hungry, in addition to local effort.

March 26, 2013
7-9pm
Stokes County's Info Session

North Carolina Small Farms Week 2013

Reminder from N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services about North Carolina Small Farms Week is March 24-30, 2013

Growing from Seeds and Sustainable Farming

Tomorrow (3/25) at the King Public Library, come learn about "Growing from Seeds and Sustainable Farming." Susan and Harvey Moser (Moser Manor) and Randy Fulk (Stokes County Cooperative Extension) will offer a demonstration of the best methods of seed starting and growing healthy vegetables, plus information about ways to grow sufficient food, fiber, and energy crops while protecting the environment. 
This is the perfect opportunity to learn how your food is grown, and to ask all the questions you have about growing it yourself! 
This FREE program will start at 6:30 PM at the King Public Library Shelton Room, 101 Pilot View Dr, King, NC 27021, directions: (336) 983-3868.

NEW Farmer Cheese

Farm store is open today 9 until 6! New in the cooler, Farmer Cheese! Available plain or rolled in black pepper or herb de provence.  We still have a variety of chevre and raw goat milk aged cheeses too!

 

 

 

Keep an eye on our FB page for an announcement in April for the arrival of Mother Holtz Farm's produce! They will be set-up outside our Farm store on Sunday afternoon for your shopping pleasure.

 

 

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery is located on Buffalo Creek Farm Road in Germanton, NC near the intersection of Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We are a few miles north of Winston-Salem and a short drive from Rural Hall, King, Walkertown, Kernersville. Walnut Cove, Danbury, High Point, Greensboro, Pilot Mountain, Mt. Airy and other communities in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia. In our on site Farm Store, we have both raw milk aged goat cheese and fresh chevres, grass fed beef, pastured lamb and pastured free range eggs along with our handmade goat's milk soap and other local goodness.

18th Annual Piedmont Farm Tour 2013

The 2013 Piedmont Farm Tour is happening April 27-28 from 1-5pm both days!

Come learn about the Triangle’s local and organic farm & food scene. Meet local farmers & tour their farms!

Check out the Interactive Map for a list of the 39 exceptional farms on the tour this year – with driving directions!

Farm Tour Brochure – COMING SOON!

Buy Your 2013 Tickets Online – Buy your ticket 

Load up a car with your friends and family, choose the farms you’d like to visit on the map or brochure below and get out in the countryside!
The tour is self-guided and farms and sites are located throughout the Triangle in Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, and Person counties. Visit any farm in any order. RAIN OR SHINE.
And, don’t forget to take a cooler so that you can take home some of the farm fresh products for sale at many farms!

Interactive Map

Avillion Farm

4737 Shanklins Dead End Rd, Efland: Our farm is home to fiber-producing livestock – Shetland, Jacob sheep for wool, Angora goats for mohair and Angora rabbits for angora. Fiber from our livestock i...

Benjamin Vineyards & Winery

6516 Whitney Rd, Graham: Come see the sustainable practices and unique trellising we use to grow Muscadine grapes, as well as French and French hybrid wine grapes. Enjoy a wine tasting in the winery,...

Boxcarr Farms

2207 Carr Store Rd, Cedar Grove:    We are a family of chefs, artists, and artisans who started a small farm. We are now entering our third year farming. Our catering business and food truck, Local i...

Cane Creek Farm / Braeburn Farm

1203 Longest Acre Rd, Snow Camp:    Situated next door to each other, both farms share many acres of pasture, housing several hundred pigs of multiple breeds, grass-fed New Zealand Red Devon cattle, ...

Captain J. S. Pope Farm

6909 Efland-Cedar Grove Rd, Cedar Grove: Tour the historic farm that has been in the family for over 200 years and see farming as it was and the evolution from tobacco.. Guided tour of the 150 year ...

Cedar Grove Windy Hill Farm - NEW!

1319 Carr Store Road, Cedar Grove: Come see our scenic and historic farm dating back to at least the early 1800s. You will enjoy meeting our friendly goats (learn about hoof trimming and try your ha...

Celebrity Dairy

198 Celebrity Dairy Way, Siler City: Changes are happening toward Celebrity Dairy's goal to start an "Incubator Farm". The irrigation pond site has been cleared and the dam may be under construction ...

Chapel Hill Creamery

615 Chapel Hill Creamery Rd, Chapel Hill: Our contented Jersey cows graze lush pastures in a comfortable, low stress environment. Take a  draft horse hayride, see calves kick up their heels,  a...

Coon Rock Farm

1021 Dimmocks Mill Rd, Hillsborough: Coon Rock Farm is a sustainable family farm providing garden crops and pasture raised antibiotic and hormone free chicken, eggs, pigs, lamb and goat on 55 acres n...

Dancing Pines Farm

3606 Buckhorn Rd, Efland: Come see our small-scale, chemical-free produce farm. Phase two of our new post-harvest structure is complete! We grow year-round with our two hoop houses and sell at the Ch...

Eco Farm

2501 Butler Rd, Chapel Hill: Come visit our family farm, roam our vegetable fields, pick some strawberries,learn how to inoculate shiitake logs or hang out with our hogs. www.ecofarmnc.com ecofarmnc@...

Ever Laughter Farm

2921 Open Lane, Hillsborough: Come see our farm developing according to a "permaculture" master plan.  In its fifth year, this farm uses sustainable methods to grow a wide variety of vegetables ...
 
Fickle Creek Farm

4122 Buckhorn Rd, Efland:   Something for everyone! Eggmobiles, sheep & lambs, steers, pastured pigs, Freedom Ranger broilers, ducks, Great Pyrenees livestock guard dogs, market garden. Self-guided to...

Flat River Nursery & Farm

1548 Holeman Ashley Rd, Timberlake: Family farm since 1700s. See greenhouse tomatoes, cukes, bedding plants, hanging baskets, herbs, beneficial insects, and bumble bee pollination. Pick your own stra...

Four Leaf Farm

6815 Bill Poole Rd, Rougemont: Four Leaf Farm has 1/4 acre of intensively planted permanent raised beds, two greenhouses, active composting, perennial gardens, plant nursery, a small laying flock, s...

Granite Springs Farm - NEW!

266 Granite Springs Rd, Pittsboro: We are in our 5th year of growing vegetables and pastured laying hens. Come meet our chickens! Plus, check out our greenhouse, 95 foot long hoop house, and field p...

Harland's Creek Farm

97 Plantation Drive, Pittsboro: Our farm will have vegetables and herbs in the field and ready to harvest. We operate CSAs with deliveries in Chapel Hill, Chatham County, Durham, Raleigh, and Sanford...

Herb Haven

7729 McBane Mill Rd, Graham: Herb Haven is a 6-acre botanical sanctuary dedicated to the growing, rehabilitation, preservation and usage of over 60 medicinal plants easily grown in the Piedmont. Com...

Iron Gate Winery

2540 Lynch Store Rd., Mebane:    The winery is situated on 60 acres north of Mebane.  Visitors will see how an old tobacco farm has been turned into 8 acres of vineyards. Come see our beautiful anima...

Maple Spring Gardens

9812 Allison Rd, Cedar Grove: In business since 1984, Maple Spring Gardens produces over 100 varieties of vegetables, herbs, berries, and cut flowers on what was once a worn-out tobacco farm. Gr...

Millarckee Farm

6833 Bethel South Fork Rd, Snow Camp: Millarckee Farm has been growing vegetables organically for 25+ years. The efficient bed/path/crop rotational system has allowed farmers to reduce outside inputs...

Minka Farm

120 Minka Farm Ln, Efland:  There's always something new at Minka Farm! Self-guided tour about our many animals, pasture management, pond health, our new hatchery, how our new meat goats will contro...

Perry-winkle Farm

1061 White Cross Rd, Chapel Hill: Come see fields of sustainably-grown vegetables, cutflowers, pastured poultry in “Egg-mobiles” and “Chicken Tractors” and pigs plowing up organic matter. Check out o...
 
Piedmont Biofarm, Screech Owl Greenhouse

192 Lorax Lane, Pittsboro: Visit Doug Jones's year-round vegetable, crop research, and seed production farm, as well as Screech Owl's hydroponic produce greenhouse.    Doug's farm features movable ...

Piedmont Food & Agricultural Processing Center

FEATURED PARTNER, 500 Valley Forge Rd, Hillsborough www.orangecountyfarms.org/pfap/

Pine Knot Farm

8906 Hester Rd, Hurdle Mills: Third generation minority farmer raising certified organic vegetables:  sweet potatoes, soybeans, collards, cabbage, kale and turnip greens. Pastured-raised poultry and ...

W C Breeze Family Farm Ag Ext & Research Center

4909 Walnut Grove Church Road, Hurdle Mill: Come see how we grow vegetables and new farmers! Rooted in an 8-week workshop series offered each winter, beginning farmers learn skills and then leas...

Saxapahaw Village Farm

6042 Swepsonville-Saxapahaw Road, Graham: Come see a rainbow flock of heritage hens; follow Jersey cows and two rare breeds of sheep in an elaborate pasture dance. Enjoy dairy calves frolicking along...

Spence's Community Farm for Children

6407 Mill House Rd, Chapel Hill: This family-friendly farm features beautiful pastures, horse rides and lots of chickens and goats.  See how we grow fruits and vegetables, and take care of our wonde...

The Student Farm at CCCC

764 West St, Pittsboro:  Visitors will tour vegetable production areas, learn about organic production practices that include crop rotation, cover-cropping and incorporating livestock into the field...

Sunset Farms

6225 N Carolina 49, Burlington:    We are a multi-generational, naturally grown produce and pasture-based livestock farm. We are working with animal and crop rotations to produce a "closed-loop" sust...

Sunset Ridge Buffalo Farm

465 Yarborough Rd, Roxboro: Take a narrated covered wagon tour of scenic rolling pastures where grass-fed buffalo roam. See NC's second largest bison herd at this seventh generation family farm - ma...

Timberwood Organics

4619 Timberwood Trail, Efland: Certified organic family-owned farm producing quality produce and herbs since 1989 for sale at the Carrboro Farmers Market, CSA, restaurants, and stores.  Delicious hom...

Transplanting Traditions Community Farm

2912 B Jones Ferry Rd, Chapel Hill: Transplanting Traditions Community Farm is a 3 acre educational farm that works specifically with the Karen Burmese refugee community. This farm grows crops known...

Turtle Run Farm

5776 Rumley Rd, Graham: Raised bed vegetable operation, worm composting demo, cultured alfalfa fertilizer demo, cypress greenhouse, pioneer cabin, spring fed pond, garden plant sale including our del...

Two Chicks Farm

3800 Mallory Ct, Hillsborough (located at end of street down gravel driveway):  No chickens here, but a small farm built from scratch in our sixth year. We use sustainable practices and grow year rou...

Walters Unlimited at Carls-Beth Farm

7119 High Rock Rd, Efland: We are a chemical free farm that has a 100% grass fed beef operation that utilizes mob grazing practices. Our 400 laying hen operation is pasture based. The hog portion is...

Waterdog Farm - NEW!

904 Terry Road, Hurdle Mills:    Come see our beautiful 10 acre farm nestled on the Flat River. You'll learn how we use sustainable methods to grow native flowers, heirloom produce, and our specialty...

Wild Hare Farm

9836 Allison Rd., Cedar Grove: We raise a variety of beautiful cut flowers, vegetables, and strawberries. These products are sold at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market, to Weaver Street Market, local rest...

Windy Acres Farm

7624 Harmony Church Rd, Efland:    Visitors will be able to pet and feed our goats, as well as see our strawberry field and cold weather crops. We use manure and other natural methods for fertilizer ...
18th Annual Piedmont Farm Tour 2013
April 27 - 28, 1 - 5 PM. Come learn about the Triangle's local and organic farm/food scene. Meet local farmers and tour their beautiful farms. Great for the whole family. Info/tickets at www.carolinafarmstewards.org Advanced tickets are $25 per carload. Founding co-sponsors are Carolina Farm Stewardship Assoc. & Weaver Street Market. (Volunteer one afternoon & get in free. Contact fred@carolinafarmstewards.org.)
Note: Bring a cooler to purchase from the farms. No pets allowed on the tour.

It's Spring: Eat Goat Cheese

Whatever the nutritional benefits of goat’s milk cheese may be, this is the season to reap them—and enjoy every healthy morsel. Choose the freshest chevres in your area seek out local farmstead gems! 



Here's an article worth reading, It's Spring: Eat Goat Cheese (Culture Cheese Magazine)

Gardening Seminars & Annual Spring Plant Sale

Seminars Held During the Annual Spring Plant Sale

 

All seminars will be held at 11am at the location listed.

While you are there, you can check out the plants that are for sale in the Arboretum Greenhouse and Nursery. The plant sale will be held Tuesday, April 9th - Saturday, April 13th from 10am to 2pm each day.
April 9 – Tried and True Annuals - Sherry Sunday, Master Gardener Volunteer, will discuss
growing annuals that have been successful in the gardens at Tanglewood. The discussion will
include how annuals can be used to “punch up” color in the landscape. Many of the plants will
be available for purchase at the plant sale. Location: Arboretum Office

April 10 – Wild Flower Walk - Master Gardener Curators Anne Hester and Peg Simm will
lead a tour of the wildflower garden and identify flowers blooming along the trails. Location:
Entrance to Arboretum

April 11 – Cooking with Herbs - Cynthia Bouldin, Master Gardener Volunteer, will discuss
growing and harvesting herbs for cooking as well as how to cook with a selection of essential
culinary herbs that can make your meals sizzle! Location: Arboretum Office

April 12 – Organics in the Landscape - Craig Mauney and Mary Jac Brennan, Extension
Agents, will discuss using organics in the landscape. The organic gardener prefers to use natural
and organic materials and methods to grow vegetables, flowers and even the lawn. Learn how to
use the least amount of synthetic chemicals and learn about practices that may be detrimental to
your health or the environment.
Location: Arboretum Office

April 13 – Tour of the Arboretum - Craig Mauney, Arboretum Director, will lead us on a tour
of the Arboretum. As we walk through the Arboretum Gardens you will discover interesting
trees, shrubs and flowers you may want to add to your existing landscape. Location: Arboretum

The North Carolina Arboretum 2013 Events

March 23-24, 2013: Orchid Society Show and Sale
Hundreds of orchids fill the Education Center in this annual judged show that also features orchid plant and supply vendors. Educational classes offered throughout the weekend, and Orchid Society members are available to answer questions and provide orchid-growing advice. Read more about the Orchid Show.

May 11, 2013: Dahlia Tuber Sale & Mum Plant Sale
A wide variety of dahlia tubers and chrysanthemum rooted cuttings featuring cultivated varieties are available. Learning from Dahlia and Mum Society experts, visitors can uncover the secrets of how to produce plants with show quality blooms. Read more about the Spring Flower Shows.

May 18-19, 2013: Ikebana Exhibit

May 25-26, 2013: Rose Exhibition
The annual Asheville-Blue Ridge Rose Society Exhibition features award-winning roses of every color and size. Experts will be on hand to answer questions and provide resources about selection, care and history of these beautiful garden plants. Rose plants and fertilizer for sale. Read more about the Spring Flower Shows.

June 15-16, 2013: Daylily Show

July 13-14, 2013: Bamboo Festival
The American Bamboo Society’s Southeastern Chapter hosts this extremely popular event which features bamboo nurseries offering living bamboo plants as well as artists and crafters demonstrating and selling their products. Visitors learn about the artistic value and functionality of this remarkable grass. The weekend includes lectures, demonstrations, crafts, and plant sales. Read more about the Bamboo Festival.

TBA: Speaking of Gardening Symposium Speaking of Gardening Symposium brings the world’s gardens to Asheville with international speakers. Read all about the Garden Symposium.

September 7, 2013: Fungi Fest
Presented by the Asheville Mushroom Club

September 28, 2013: Heritage Craft Day (See Fall at NC Arboretum)
The North Carolina Arboretum celebrates Southern Appalachian traditions during Heritage Crafts Day, 11 AM until 4 PM. Features artists and crafters whose work reflects the heritage of Western North Carolina. Much of the artistic expression of mountain crafts originates from the character and nature of plants. Fine crafts made from local and natural materials will be highlighted, as will art created from recycled and sustainable sources. All art and craft represented is original and handcrafted by the exhibitors.

October 12-13, 2013: Carolina Bonsai Expo (See Fall at NC Arboretum)
This two-day horticultural extravaganza, situated in the midst of the colorful mountains, features a display of bonsai from enthusiasts in a six-state region, live demonstrations, workshops, and a popular bonsai marketplace. It’s also the perfect occasion to explore the Arboretum’s Bonsai Exhibition Garden, which offers a world-class display that innovatively establishes bonsai in the context of the Southern Appalachians.

October 19-20, 2013: NC Chrysanthemum Society Annual Show (See Fall at NC Arboretum)
The North Carolina Arboretum in Fall is ablaze with color in fall, and the North Carolina Chrysanthemum Society’s Annual Show is a perfect occasion to celebrate the fall foliage season. The popular annual judged show showcases hundreds of chrysanthemum blooms in vibrant and varied colors. The exhibits will be judged by Accredited National Chrysanthemum judges and strict NCS standards and highlights the exceptional variety in size, shape and color of these popular fall flowers. Visitors are invited to enjoy educational talks on chrysanthemum growing.

The mission of The North Carolina Arboretum is to cultivate connections between people and plants.
The North Carolina Arboretum is located next to the Blue Ridge Parkway entrance ramp at Milepost 393. From I-26, take Exit 33 and follow Blue Ridge Parkway signs for two miles to the entrance ramp. Arboretum grounds are open 7 days a week. Property hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., April-October and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., November-March. The Visitor Education Center and Bonsai Exhibition Garden are open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sundays from Noon to 5 p.m. Parking Fees: $8 per personal motor vehicle, $30 commercial vehicles, $50 motorcoaches/buses. Parking is free all day on the first Tuesday of each month. No charges apply for pedestrians, bicyclists or North Carolina Arboretum Society members. Click here to visit their Web site.

Go(a)t Milk!?

 

Another one of the cuties whose mom's milk is in fresh cheese available in our farm store

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery is located on Buffalo Creek Farm Road in Germanton, NC near the intersection of Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We are a few miles north of Winston-Salem and a short drive from Rural Hall, King, Walkertown, Kernersville. Walnut Cove, Danbury, High Point, Greensboro, Pilot Mountain, Mt. Airy and other communities in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia. In our on site Farm Store, we have both raw milk aged goat cheese and fresh chevres, grass fed beef, pastured lamb and pastured free range eggs along with our handmade goat's milk soap and other local goodness.

Easter Bunny

Our friends at Fantasy Photography borrowed two of our mini rex rabbits this weekend for their Easter Mini Photography sessions.  Keep an eye on their Facebook page for sneak peaks of all the cute Easter pictures!

 

Fantasy Photography is a natural light portrait design studio and boutique located just ten minutes north of Winston-Salem, North Carolina in beautiful, historic Germanton. We are NOT a formal studio - we love jeans, simple dresses, bare feet and outdoors!

Fantasy Photography is the work of Giulia and Jonathan Smith.

Fantasy Photography specializes in outdoor photography sessions, maternity and prenatal photography, newborn photography, baby photography, children's photography, children's limited edition fantasy portraits, family photography, pet photography, portrait parties, birthday party photography, custom framing, greeting cards, birth announcements and other custom boutique photography items.

Fantasy Photography in North Carolina serves the following areas: Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Eden, Reidsville, Madison, Mayodan, High Point, King, Rural Hall, Pilot Mountain, Mount Airy, Walnut Cove, Germanton, Kernersville, Dobson, Stokes County, Surry County, Forsyth County, Guilford County, Rockingham County and surrounding areas in North Carolina. 
  

Fresh Chevre

The chevre is finished draining and being packaged - garlic and chives, sun dried tomatoes and basil, dates and honey, and red pepper and onion. Available in the farm store today from 1PM to 6PM (Monday through Saturday from 9AM to 6PM.)

farm store

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery is located on Buffalo Creek Farm Road in Germanton, NC near the intersection of Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We are a few miles north of Winston-Salem and a short drive from Rural Hall, King, Walkertown, Kernersville. Walnut Cove, Danbury, High Point, Greensboro, Pilot Mountain, Mt. Airy and other communities in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia. In our on site Farm Store, we have both raw milk aged goat cheese and fresh chevres, grass fed beef, pastured lamb and pastured free range eggs along with our handmade goat's milk soap and other local goodness.

Adults, Learn to Garden with Children

Adults, Learn to Garden with Children
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Frank L. Horton Museum Center (924 S. Main Street)

Presented by JoAnn Yates, MBA, HTR, Horticulture Therapist

 

Want to share your passion for gardening with a child but not sure how to get started?
Join this hands-on workshop and learn fun, realistic and successful projects and how to choose plants that will have your young helper asking for more garden space! This workshop is only for adults. The June 1 workshop, "Gardening with Children", is with your child.

This lunch time workshop will last about one hour. Attendees may bring a lunch; beverages provided.

Hosted by Old Salem Horticulture.
Cost: $5/ Free for Friends of the Gardens.

Please call 336-721-7357 for more information or to pre-register.

Down in the Dairy!

 

We've been spending a lot of time down in the dairy mixing together fresh chevres for you!  I think some date and honey is coming out next! 

 

The fresh chevres with seasonings are available in our farm store.  Call for availability of your favorite blend or to find out the selections that day.

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery is located on Buffalo Creek Farm Road in Germanton, NC near the intersection of Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We are a few miles north of Winston-Salem and a short drive from Rural Hall, King, Walkertown, Kernersville. Walnut Cove, Danbury, High Point, Greensboro, Pilot Mountain, Mt. Airy and other communities in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia. In our on site Farm Store, we have both raw milk aged goat cheese and fresh chevres, grass fed beef, pastured lamb and pastured free range eggs along with our handmade goat's milk soap and other local goodness.

Join CFSA Down on the Farm!

Farm Tours

Join CFSA Down on the Farm!

CFSA’s farm tours were created to better connect farmers and consumers. Visitors are able to see the reality of what goes on at a sustainable small farm. How do farm families balance their busy lives? How do they grow food in harmony with nature? How do they market their products and make it financially?

We are especially happy that lots of children come on the tours. Today so many children have read story books about farms and farm animals, but have never actually seen a farm. By touring, children learn where their food comes from and what a real farm is.

Piedmont Farm Tour

Apr 27, 2013			1:00 pm	to	5:00 pm
Apr 28, 2013			1:00 pm	to	5:00 pm

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Upstate Farm Tour

Jun 1, 2013			1:00 pm	to	6:00 pm
Jun 2, 2013			1:00 pm	to	6:00 pm

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Eastern Triangle Farm Tour

Sep 15, 2012			1:00 pm	to	5:00 pm
Sep 16, 2012			1:00 pm	to	5:00 pm

Learn More →

Farmer's Market at Farm Store Opens in April!

Stay tuned to our FB page for more details about Mother Holtz Farm from Germanton, NC coming in late April to our Farm Store Farmers Market area on Sunday afternoons selling their naturally grown seasonal produce and Muscadine grapes.

Their first cool weather crops for sale will include broccoli, cabbage, kohlrabi, spinach, lettuce, turnips, radishes, peas, swiss chard, spring onions and rainbow carrots!

farm store

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery is located on Buffalo Creek Farm Road in Germanton, NC near the intersection of Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We are a few miles north of Winston-Salem and a short drive from Rural Hall, King, Walkertown, Kernersville. Walnut Cove, Danbury, High Point, Greensboro, Pilot Mountain, Mt. Airy and other communities in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia. In our on site Farm Store, we have both raw milk aged goat cheese and fresh chevres, grass fed beef, pastured lamb and pastured free range eggs along with our handmade goat's milk soap and other local goodness.

Horizons Memorial (Play)

Tickets are now on sale for the premiere of Horizons Memorial, a new play written by award-winning playwright Samm-Art Williams. The opening night premiere performance is March 22 at the Arts Council Theater. Additional performances are on March 23 - 24. The play is presented by the North Carolina Black Repertory Company (NCBRC), and is being directed by Broadway veteran Mabel Robinson. Robinson, a Tony Award nominee and Broadway veteran, is an internationally known actress, choreographer and director.

The play focuses on the history of the property in Northern Forsyth Country that presently houses the Horizons Residential Care Center for people with severe physical and developmental disabilities. The site was originally an orphanage for African American children that opened in the early 1900’s, and was active until 1972, when Horizons assumed control of the property.

The Board of Directors for Horizons and the North Carolina Black Repertory commissioned Williams to write this play to commemorate Horizons' 40th Anniversary. Williams is originally from Burgaw, N.C., and has a long resume featuring acting roles and producing TV shows and Broadway plays.

“There is tremendous historical significance of the property, not only to the African American community, but the entire community,” said David Adams, Horizons’ Chief Executive Officer. “The site was originally named the Memorial Industrial School, but it was also known as the Colored Baptist Orphanage. Several generations of children were raised and educated on the site until 1972, when it closed and the property was transferred to Horizons.”

The play highlights the historical significance of the property through the eyes of the children who lived there as orphans and through the eyes of employees who work there now caring for children who have little understanding of their surroundings.



North Carolina Black Repertory Company 610 Coliseum Drive , Winston-Salem NC 27106

Remaining Dates

Friday, March 22nd -

8:00 pm-9:15 pm

Saturday, March 23rd -

3:00 pm-4:15 pm

Saturday, March 23rd -

8:00 pm-9:15 pm

Sunday, March 24th -

3:00 pm-4:15 pm

Farm Fresh Eggs

We sell fresh eggs from our 60 pasture raised hens along with other local foods and gifts in our farm store, which is open 7 days a week.

Think of us before you toss! We will gladly recycle your used egg cartons and flats (cardboard or styrofoam).

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery is located on Buffalo Creek Farm Road in Germanton, NC near the intersection of Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We are a few miles north of Winston-Salem and a short drive from Rural Hall, King, Walkertown, Kernersville. Walnut Cove, Danbury, High Point, Greensboro, Pilot Mountain, Mt. Airy and other communities in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia. In our on site Farm Store, we have both raw milk aged goat cheese and fresh chevres, grass fed beef, pastured lamb and pastured free range eggs along with our handmade goat's milk soap and other local goodness.

Trees

Trees
Thursday, March 21, 2013
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Frank L. Horton Museum Center (924 S. Main Street)

Presented by Toby Bost, Horticulturist and Faculty Emeritus, NCSU

 

The largest living organisms on Earth – trees – clean our air, supply cool shade, and provide beauty. Learn how to choose the right species for size, color, and ornamental appeal, as well as care practices for existing specimens. Also, a look at Forsyth County’s Treasure Trees - Top 30 list.

This lunch time workshop will last about one hour. Attendees may bring a lunch; beverages provided.

Hosted by Old Salem Horticulture.
Cost: $5/ Free for Friends of the Gardens.

Please call 336-721-7357 for more information or to pre-register.

Our Cheesemaking Room

 

 

Our cheesemaking room. 

 

Making more flavored chevre tomorrow - - can't quite get a handle on it yet, we sold out of the flavored chevres on Sunday. We do have our traditional chevre available, along with feta and our raw milk aged goat cheeses available in our farm store. 

You're always welcome to call or email to check for availability!

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery is located on Buffalo Creek Farm Road in Germanton, NC near the intersection of Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We are a few miles north of Winston-Salem and a short drive from Rural Hall, King, Walkertown, Kernersville. Walnut Cove, Danbury, High Point, Greensboro, Pilot Mountain, Mt. Airy and other communities in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia. In our on site Farm Store, we have both raw milk aged goat cheese and fresh chevres, grass fed beef, pastured lamb and pastured free range eggs along with our handmade goat's milk soap and other local goodness.

Organic Garlic - Nootka Rose

 

We now have organic powdered garlic from Plum Granny Farm in King, NC in our farm store--Nootka Rose powdered and granulated.  The garlic is pure - no additives!  Nootka Rose is a great softneck garlic with rich taste. 

 

We also sell several of their jams: Old Fashioned Raspberry, Raspberry-Baby Ginger, Raspberry-Cranberry and Raspberry-Chipotle.

 

 

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery, LLC

3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Road

Germanton, NC 27019

336.969.5698

Buffalo Creek Farm and Creamery is located on Buffalo Creek Farm Road in Germanton, NC near the intersection of Hwy 65 and Hwy 8 (Germanton Road) at the Forsyth / Stokes County line. We are a few miles north of Winston-Salem and a short drive from Rural Hall, King, Walkertown, Kernersville. Walnut Cove, Danbury, High Point, Greensboro, Pilot Mountain, Mt. Airy and other communities in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia. In our on site Farm Store, we have both raw milk aged goat cheese and fresh chevres, grass fed beef, pastured lamb and pastured free range eggs along with our handmade goat's milk soap and other local goodness.

2013 Cobblestone Farmers Market Season Dates

2013 Cobblestone Farmers Market Season Dates:

Old Salem Cobblestone Farmers Market: Saturdays from 9am-12pm, April 13th- November 23rd The Saturday market will begin at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts and then move to its regular location in Old Salem on May 18th for the rest of the season. Old Salem is host to the Komen Race for the Cure on May 4th and the Winston-Salem Centennial Celebration on May 11th.

Cobblestone Farmers Market Downtown: Tuesdays from 10am-1pm, April 16th- November 26th
For the 2013 season, CFM Downtown will be held at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts (the same location as the Pop Ups).

The Cobblestone Farmers Markets are high-standards, producers-only farmers markets. Vendors use healthy, sustainable, and humane practices. The Markets are operated by Cultivate Piedmont, a program of Carolina Farm Stewardship Association.

Check their Facebook page for last minute updates!