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Thursday, May 1, 2014

Triad Farm Tour: June 7-8, 2014

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The 2014 Triad Farm Tour is happening June 7-8 from 2-6 pm both days!
Come learn about the Triad’s local and organic farm & food scene. Meet local farmers & tour their sustainable farms!

Winstead Farm

Graham & Gwen Roach
4235 Thomasville Rd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27107
336-757-6198
farmers@winsteadfarm.com
Our animals are raised on pasture and rotated frequently. Visitors will see a variety of poultry including chickens, turkeys and ducks. The entire process can be seen from brooder to field pens to
processing area. We also have a small flock of sheep that we graze ahead of the poultry.


Milk & Honey Farm
Eric & Melissa Brown Family
307 Amberhill Rd.
Yadkinville, NC 27055
704-546-5074
milkandhoneyfarm@hotmail.com
themilkandhoneyfarm.blogspot.com
ONLY OPEN SATURDAY
We’re passionate about self-sufficiency and subsistence farming, and we love to connect with others with similar interests. We farm full-time for ourselves and are a modified “full diet CSA.” See what it means to reclaim food sovereignty over everything from grits to peanuts to dry beans to kiwis to honey to homemade rennet and buttermilk to chickens raised by mama hens. Direction Note: Do not depend on GPS directions, use Google Maps instead or watch for the Farm Tour signs! Anything that takes you on a gravel road is wrong.


Sanders Ridge Farm
1501 Nebo Rd.
Boonville, NC 27011
Sanders Ridge Vineyard & Winery
Cindy & Neil Shore
3200 Round Hill Rd.
farm@sandersridge.com
sandersridge.com
Sanders Ridge Farm is sister farm to the Sanders Ridge Vineyard & Winery. We produce organically
grown vegetables and herbs – pretty much year round. At the Nebo Rd location, visitors will be able
to see a wide variety of annual vegetable and herb crops being grown both in high tunnels as well as in the field. We also have a small herd of very friendly longhorn cattle and a few free roaming chickens. At our vineyard farm (3 miles away on 3200 Round Hill Rd) visitors can see high tunnel vegetables, 15 acres of French grapes, our restaurant and our zip line. You can find our produce in the delicious meals served at our restaurant.


Horne Creek Farm
The staff of Horne Creek Farm
308 Horne Creek Farm Rd.
Pinnacle, NC 27043
336-325-2298
hornecreek@ncdcr.gov
nchistoricsites.org/horne
Once the Hauser family farm, Horne Creek enables visitors to experience farm life in North Carolina’s northwestern Piedmont circa 1900. The site features the family’s original farm house, a tobacco curing barn, a corn crib, adjacent fields under cultivation, a heritage apple orchard and grazing livestock – including many rare and endangered breeds! GPS unreliable – follow state road
markers.


Harmony Ridge Farms
Isaac & Kevin Oliver
3835 Bowens Rd.
Tobaccoville, NC 27050
336-467-1052
harmonyridgefarms@gmail.com
harmonyridgefarms.net
We are a small family farm set in the rolling hills of Tobaccoville, NC. Our mission is to provide the finest and most diverse range of locally available sustainably grown vegetables and make them available across economic divides. The Olivers and crew produce 30 some varieties of vegetables, culinary herbs, melons, blueberries and free-range eggs. June is a busy time for us. We will be harvesting potatoes, greens, lettuces, broccoli, garlic, onions, beets and carrots among other crops this time of year. Come see us in action!


Keep Your Fork Farm
Jane Morgan Smith
1194 Marshall Smith Rd.
King, NC 27021
336-631-8080
jane@trufflesnc.com
trufflesnc.com
Keep Your Fork is a truffle farm (truffiére) consisting of English oak and European hazelnut trees whose root systems are inoculated with the black winter (Périgord) truffle. See irrigation pond and system, meet our truffle hunting dogs and hear details about how truffles are cultivated here and made into delicious foods in our NCDA certified kitchen. Truffle butter will be available to sample and purchase!


Plum Granny Farm
Cheryl Ferguson & Ray Tuegel
1041 Flat Shoals Rd.
King, NC 27021
336-994-2517
farm@plumgrannyfarm.com
plumgrannyfarm.com
As featured on UNC-TV’s Flavor NC, our certified organic farm is just 9 miles south of Hanging Rock State Park. We’ll highlight our specialty crops such as garlic, baby ginger and berries. Activity
stations include honeybees, worm composting, seed planting, tours and a hayride. Organic transplants
and produce along with jam, berry snowcones and baked goods will be for sale.


Buffalo Creek Farm & Creamery
Johnny & Robin Blakley
3255 Buffalo Creek Farm Rd.
Germanton, NC 27019
robin@buffalocreekfarmnc.com
buffalocreekfarmandcreamery.com
We are a farmstead goat dairy on a 34-acre farm.  Learn about cheese production, dairy goats, grassfed cattle, pastured sheep and chickens while you view the animals from our Farm Store porch, which is open daily. We’ll have cheese, eggs and meat for purchase along with our goat’s milk soap and other local foods from area farms. BeNutty Bakes & Butters of Winston-Salem will be at the farm both days with their small-batch peanut butters, plate-licking good bakes and unique candies!
Direction Note: Do not depend on GPS directions, use Google Maps instead or watch for the Farm Tour signs!



Yellow Wolf Farm
Stacy Martin
6651 Sullivantown Rd.
Walkertown, NC 27051
stacy@yellowwolffarm.com
We are a pasture-based, rare, heritage breed, livestock farm. We raise rare pigs, sheep, goats,
poultry, Jersey cows and also farm with draft horses. We produce pork, beef, lamb, chicken, goat meat, duck and eggs plus goat milk soaps and lotions. We also teach classes on how to raise your own meat and eggs, how to butcher poultry and rabbits and charcuterie (meat preparation) lessons. We will have baby goats, chicks and llamas for the kids to pet and see up close. We will have meat, eggs, soaps and lotions available to purchase. There will be a local food truck serving sausages/sandwiches.


Two Shovels Farm
Emanuel Hayden
5000 Crossmill Rd.
McLeansville, NC 27301
336-988-3933
aggregatesize@gmail.com
facebook.com/twoshovelsfarm
Meet our heritage breed buckeye and Dominique chickens that live in “chicken tractors” and our
Great Pyranese livestock guardian dog Hairy Vetch! See how we use agro-forestry practices to establish windbreaks by planting stands of Xmas trees to slow wind and create microclimates that will help with extend growing seasons. Seasonal produce and shitake mushroom logs will be available for sale and veggie kabobs will be cooking on the grill.

Reedy Fork Organic Dairy & Feed Farm
George & Cherry Teague
7092 Sockwell Rd.
Elon, NC 27244
336-449-4888
reedyforkfarm.com
Reedy Fork Farm is a certified organic dairy and feed farm located on 500 acres of beautiful farmland. The dairy milks around 100 holstein and holstein/Jersey cross cows and prides itself on high- quality, delicious organic milk. The wonderful taste comes from cows rotationally grazing on lush green pastures – the way nature intended. The feed mills and produces certified organic feed for all types of livestock and poultry animals. Come visit with our cows and chickens as well as purchase certified organic beef, eggs and feed.


TS Designs Company Garden
Eric Henry & Tom Sineath
2053 Willow Springs Ln.
Burlington, NC 27215
336-229-6426
pr@tsdesigns.com
tsdesigns.com
CCFSA Farm tour fans will know TS Designs because they provide CFSA with our signature US grown organic cotton farm tour t-shirts. They even have a popular Cotton of the Carolinas line! Come see what a company garden looks like and learn how this sustainable initiative is incorporated into our normal business day. The garden features solar panels and permaculture design and our hens and
bees help keep the garden working at its best!


Sunset Farms
Chris Murray
2991 Spanish Oak Hill Rd.
Snow Camp, NC 27349
ncsunsetfarms.com
Sunset Farms is a multi-generational naturally grown produce and pasture-based livestock farm. We use animal and crop rotations to produce a “closed-loop” sustainable farm. Come try our delicious seasonal produce and meet our cows, chickens and guardian dog! See how Sunset Farms is cultivating faith, family and food!


Emmaus Farm
Mike & Brenda Heindl
3829 Vernon Ln.
Snow Camp, NC 27349
336-944-4916
emmausfarm@gmail.com
Our farm focuses on sustainably growing small grains including NuEast wheat for bread flour and
vegetables for a CSA and market. We are working toward permaculture including incorporating
biochar from Brenda’s wood-firing pottery kiln, fostering flexible and versatile growing for the
future. Come see our wheat field almost ready for harvest, honeybees, solar panels, hoop houses,
pottery and chickens!


Wings of Dawn Farm
Jan & Charlie Ansell
4117 W Greensboro Chapel Hill Rd.
Liberty, NC 27298
336-264-9972
wingsofdawn.farm@gmail.com
wingsofdawnfarm.blogspot.com
Wings of Dawn Farm is a small family-owned and operated farm in southwest Alamance County. We
are committed to being a source for healthy local food. Visitors may see our heritage breed laying
flocks and their mobile coops (hen-a-bagoes), the market garden, grape arbors, fig trees, beehives,
an orchard developing, Nigerian dwarf goats and livestock guardian dogs.

Ward Farm of Whitsett
John & Brenda Ward, Gregg &
Amber Ward
5337 Cook-Stewart Rd.
Whitsett, NC 27377
336-698-9622
johnlward@bellsouth.net
wardfarmsofwhitsett.com
Ward Farm of Whitsett has been continuously growing for several generations, dating back to the late
1800’s. Wanting to expand our production, we found the soil here was great for the muscadine grapes
and blueberries! In addition to our muscadines, we grow fresh, seasonal vegetables such as green beans, squash, tomatoes, okra, peas, peppers, etc. Come sample our juices, ciders, jams, cider slushies and pickle products and visit with our cows and hogs!


Schoolhouse Farm
Drew & Lacey Grim
3809 Craftsman Ln.
Pleasant Garden, NC 27313
919-623-6048
schoolhousefarm.gso@gmail.com
lifeasaschoolhouse.com
Come visit a permaculture homestead located on 10.5 acres. From bees to goats to ducks and pigs,
from the pond to the newly planted chestnuts and redbuds – everything has a roll to play in the system at Schoolhouse Farm. See first hand some smallscale incorporation of common-sense practices that can be adapted for any home setting. Lemonade and cookies will be available from our littlest farmers.

Saturday, March 23, 2013

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 OnlineBuy 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.

Monday, December 31, 2012

Backyard Poultry Intensive Workshop by the Abundance Foundation

Backyard Poultry Intensive Workshop

January 12, 2013 from 9am-5pm


Held at Company Shops Market, Burlington’s Food Coop; 268 E. Front St.
 Burlington, NC Part of the workshop will be at the Co-op and then we will go on a tour of TS Designs and visit their backyard chicken operation.

A workshop for backyard poultry enthusiasts and small, sustainable farmers who are interested in breeding, growing and enjoying standard bred poultry. This all day workshop will include the following sessions: ”Identifying Standard Bred & Heritage Poultry”, “Facilities, Feed, Forage & The Backyard”, “Selecting and Culling your Flock from Production”, “Basic Poultry Health Management and Disease Control”, and “Opportunities for Breeding, Preservation, Exhibition and Marketing”.
About the Instructor:
Jim Adkins started his poultry interest as a young man who grew up in 4-H, raising and exhibiting poultry in southwest Washington State. For the past thirty years, Jim has raised over fifty breeds and varieties of standard bred poultry (that includes chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys). In 1994, he received his poultry judging license from the American Poultry Association which has taken him to thirty plus states, Canada, and Australia to judge standard bred poultry. Jim recently worked for a large commercial turkey company; supervising five ranches that produced over a half million turkeys a year. Jim is a passionate, effective communicator who loves poultry and loves to teach people about the available opportunities with poultry. He has been teaching poultry field days and workshops throughout the United States and abroad as well. He has been invited to teach courses at Calpolyin San Luis Obispo, CA, the University of Montana, the University of Alaska and the University of Arizona. Jim established the International Center for Poultry in 1992 and currently lives in McDowell County, NC and serves as a sustainable poultry specialist.
$45 – Early Bird Registration until Jan. 1st
$50 Jan 2nd to Jan 12th
Registration and Pre-payment required
Workshop is limited to 20 participants.
Register using Secure Google Checkout:

SOLD OUT! Please email wow@theabundancefoundation.org to be informed of upcoming workshops.

Or mail your check to:
The Abundance Foundation
220 Lorax Lane #5
Pittsboro, NC 27312
Questions? Call 919-533-5181 or Email wow@theabundancefoundation.org