Tara Verna
Join a Farm As a member of a local farm, you can share in its bounty
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ome North Carolina farms have membership operations whereby neighbors can share in the farm’s progress and products. Known as Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA), the idea gives consumers an opportunity to buy into a farm by purchasing a membership or share in exchange for enjoying the farm’s seasonal products. Most arrangements include a contract. Some allow members to join in the farm’s operation by contributing labor or other services. By joining a CSA farm, members can learn about how farms work and how to prepare, store and enjoy farm products. Contact one of the CSA farms near you for more information. You can also get information from an initiative at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro called Project Green Leaf. Phone: (336) 256-1164. Web: http://greenleaf.uncg.edu
In addition to produce, flowers and honey, Shiloh Farm & Retreat in Louisburg (Franklin County) offers meat and eggs from pastureraised hens as part of its CSA.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY
JOHNSTON COUNTY
SAMPSON COUNTY
Hannah Creek Farms 985 Stewart Road Four Oaks, NC 27524 Phone: (919) 934-3801
Black River Organic Farm 4457 Ivanhoe Rd. Ivanhoe, NC 28447 Phone: (910) 532-2437
Cane Creek Asparagus & Company PO Box 2012 Fairwiew, NC 28730 Phone: (828) 628-1601 www.canecreekcsa.com Full Sun Farm 90 Bald Creek Road Leicester, NC 28747 Phone: (828) 683-1607 Hickory Nut Gap Farm 15 Clarke Lane Fairview, NC 28730 Phone: (828) 628-1027 Other Phone: (828) 628-2616
Eagle Springs Farm 396 Mt. Zion Road Moncure, NC 27559 Harland’s Creek Farm 97 Plantation Drive Pittsboro, NC 27312 Phone: (919) 541-6631 Other Phone: (919) 542-4607 www.harlands-creek-farm.com Nu Horizons Farm Country Market 975 Pittsboro Goldston Road Pittsboro, NC 27312 Phone: (919) 542-4007 www.nuhorizonsfarm.com CLEVELAND COUNTY
MACON COUNTY Deerwood Farm 525 Louisa Ridge Franklin, NC 28734 Phone: (828) 524-6164 MADISON COUNTY Rouge Harbor Farm 701 Peter Cove Road Marshall, NC 28753 Phone: (828) 689-4586
Jake’s Farm 99 Brown Lynch Rd. Chandler, NC 28715 Phone: (828) 665-4472 Other Phone: (828) 279-6519
Deer Springs Farm 4403 Shuford Lake Road Lawndale, NC 28090 Phone: (704) 538-6060
Narnia Farms 100 Lynn Cove Road Asheville, NC 28804 Phone: (828) 252-1692
DAVIDSON COUNTY
Elysian Fields Farm 5925 Oakley Road Cedar Grove, NC 27231 Phone: (919) 732-8980
J & S Farm 8743 Hwy 150 South Linwood, NC 27299 Phone: (336) 752-2886
Lynn & John Charlton 2310 Falls Drive Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Phone: (919) 383-1010
New Moon Herbs, Inc. 85 Laural Haven Fairview, NC 28730 Phone: (828) 628-1272 CABARRUS COUNTY Cold Creek Organic Farm 2936 Heglar Road Concord, NC 28025 Phone: (704) 788-8822 CHATHAM COUNTY Beausol Gardens 139 Beausol Ln Pittsboro, NC 27312 Phone: (919) 545-0217 Bluebird Hill Farm 421 Clarence Phillips Road Bennett, NC 27208 Phone: (336) 581-3916 14 JULY 2007 Carolina Country
FRANKLIN COUNTY Shiloh Farm & Retreat 1624 Rocky Ford Road Louisburg, NC 27549 Phone: (252) 438-4002 www.shilohfarm.net HENDERSON COUNTY Oliver Organics 101 Winsom Trail Hendersonville, NC 28739 Phone: (828) 697-1153 JACKSON COUNTY Vegenui Garden 402 Carver Mountain Valley Sylva, NC 28779 Phone: (828) 586-5478
ORANGE COUNTY
Timberwood Organics 4619 Timberwood Trail Efland, NC 27243 Phone: (919) 563-9464 PERSON COUNTY Potluck Farm 436 Potluck Farm Road Rougemont, NC 27572 Phone: (336) 364-7090 The Shady Grove Farm 151 Salem Church Road Hurdle Mills, NC 27541 Phone: (336) 599-8664
UNION COUNTY Gamble’s Shambles 5405 Nicole Drive Waxhaw, NC 28173 Phone: (704) 843-3873 New Town Farms 4610 New Town Road Waxhaw, NC 28173 Phone: (704) 843-5182 Poplar Ridge Farm 1619 Waxhaw Indian Trails Rd South Waxhaw, NC 28173 Phone: (704) 843-5744 WAKE COUNTY Hilltop Farm of Willow Spring 6612 Kennebec Road Willow Springs, NC 27592 Phone: (919) 552-5541 Other Phone: (919) 618-5601 www.hilltopfarms.org The Growing Station 332 Railroad Lane Wake Forest, NC 27587 Phone: (919) 554-0494 WATAUGA COUNTY Moretz’s Mountain Orchard 2820 Big Hill Road Boone, NC 28607 Phone: (828) 264-3424
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
YANCEY COUNTY
Handance Farm 2541 Bakers Cross Road Reidsville, NC 27320 Phone: (336) 951-0811
Green Toe Ground Farm 411 Pope Road Burnsville, NC 28714 Phone: (828) 675-0171
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