September 17 - 18, 2016 - Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
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September 17 - 18, 2016 - Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
25 s! Farm w 11 Ne ! stops 9 l e M a Stops! September 17 - 18, 2016 1-5 P.M. carolinafarmstewards.org 10th Annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour ROXBORO Please Note: 158 OXFORD Locations are approximate. View the Google Tour Map at CarolinaFarmStewards.org/etft MORIAH 25 57 23 This publication is printed on 100% recycled paper with soy inks. 22 HENDERSON CULBRETH 24 85 15 15 96 BAHAMA 561 39 85 CREEDMOOR 21 20 16 56 LOUISBURG 56 FRANKLINTON 501 85 17 58 13 50 581 WAKE FOREST 98 19 DURHAM 14 12 98 18 11 BUNN 70 10 CHAPEL HILL 540 55 501 95 440 751 CARY 64 96 70 RALEIGH 5 64 1 2 4 6 264 ZEBULON 264 3 39 PITTSBORO 55 501 7 Area MAp HOLLY SPRINGS MONCURE 8 42 FUQUAY-VARINA 9 95 201 201 10th Annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour FARM LOCATOR 2 1.Raleigh City Farm & Endless Sun Produce 7.Ninja Cow Farm (NEW!) 2.Sweet Peas Urban Gardens (NEW!) 8.Hilltop Farms of Willow Springs (NEW!) 14.Meadow Lane Farm 3.The Camden Street Learning Garden (NEW!) 9.In Theory Farm 15.Alpaca Dreams (NEW!) 10.Fat Radish Farm (NEW!) 16.Turtle Mist Farm 800 North Blount St. Raleigh, NC 27604 1931 New Bern Ave. Raleigh, NC 27610 315 Camden St. Raleigh, NC 27601 4.Passage Home Alpha Garden (NEW!) 513 Branch St. Raleigh, NC 27601 5.The Well Fed Community Garden (NEW!) (MEAL STOP!) 1321 Athens Dr. Raleigh, NC 27606 6.NCSU Agroecology Education Farm (NEW!) 4400 Mid Pines Rd. Raleigh, NC 27603 (SNACK STOP!) 7125 Old Stage Rd. Raleigh, NC 27603 6612 Kennebec Rd. Willow Springs, NC 27592 393 Lipscomb Rd. Angier, NC 27501 (MEAL STOP!) 839 Pine Ridge Rd. Zebulon, NC 27597 11.Vollmer Farm (SNACK STOP!) 677 NC 98 Hwy East Bunn, NC 27508 12.Rare Earth Farms (MEAL STOP!) 160 Mullen Rd. Bunn, NC 27597 13.The Veterans’ Farm of NC (MEAL STOP!) 44 Cypress Hall Ln. Louisburg, NC 27549 (MEAL STOP!) 571 Leonard Farm Rd. Louisburg, NC 27549 2714 Schloss Rd. Louisburg, NC 27549 (MEAL STOP!) 221 Suitt Rd. Franklinton, NC 27525 17.ChickCharney Farm 15101 Aiken Rd. Wake Forest, NC 27587 18.Laurel Branch Gardens 3017 Coley Rd. Durham, NC 27703 19.MamaSprings Farm 622 S Mineral Springs Rd. Durham, NC 27703 20.Durham Public Schools Hub Farm (NEW!) 117 Milton Rd. Durham, NC 27701 21.Sarah and Michael’s Farm 1927 Snow Hill Rd. Durham, NC 27712 22.Blue Whistler Farm (NEW!) (MEAL STOP!) 9923 N Roxboro Rd. Bahama, NC 27503 23.Prodigal Farm (MEAL STOP!) 4720 Bahama Rd. Rougemont, NC 27572 24.Bull City Farm (MEAL STOP!) 5315 Isham Chambers Rd. Rougemont, NC 27572 25.Hundred Acre Wood Farm & Sanctuary 548 Potluck Farm Rd. Rougemont, NC 27572 10th Annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour Tips for Taking the Tour: Tour is rain or shine! Bring a cooler and cash (some Load up a vehicle with your friends and family, locate some farms on the map, and get out in the countryside! Visit any farm in any order. Look for the red tomato signs to help Advance tickets $30 per car for ALL farms Available online at www.CarolinaFarmStewards.org/etft You will only be able to visit 3 to 4 or at the following locations: Raleigh WHOLE FOODS MARKET 8710 Six Forks Road Whole Foods Market 3540 Wade Avenue Harmony Farms 5653 Creedmoor Road Standard Foods 205 E Franklin Street Cary Whole Foods Market 102B New Waverly Place Durham Whole Foods Market 621 Broad Street Chapel Hill Whole Foods Market 81 S. Elliott Road DAY OF THE TOUR TICKETS $35 for all farms, $10 per farm (Buy buttons at the first farm you visit.) BE A PART of it: get you to your destination. farms a day. Factor in driving and touring time to allow 1-1.5 hours for each farm. Farms are clustered by region to help minimize driving time. Don’t forget to charge up your GPS device or Smartphone. Visiting rural farms can mean these devices won’t have a signal, so planning your route in advance is another good option. Keep a close eye on curious kids! Remember these are working farms with electric fences and heavy equipment. Wash up! Please take time to wash your hands after petting an animal. Hand washing stations will be provided at farms with livestock. You may also be asked to disinfect your shoes or wear booties in order to prevent farm-to-farm transmission of germs that may affect livestock. Don’t want to drive? Take a guided bus tour from the Volunteer one afternoon and attend the tour for FREE! Wendell Falls Community from Volunteers get an insider view of farms, have lots of fun, and get a free T-shirt! Seating is limited. Register online Questions? 1-5PM on Saturday, Sept. 17th. at carolinafarmstewards.org/etft. Call CFSA 919-542-2402 or email: Leah@CarolinaFarmStewards.org Farm Tour Rules: The tour is co-sponsored by: Bring your pets onto the farm Visit farms before 1:00 PM or Please DO NOT: after 5:00 PM Enter private homes 10th Annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour Take the Tour: farms may not accept debit or credit cards)! You’ll be able to buy produce, eggs, cheese, meat, and other products at many of the farms. 3 10th Annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour Raleigh City Farm & Endless Sun 1 Produce No. Diversified Vegetables Hydroponic Lettuces James Edwards, Matt Spitzer, Chase Werner & Chris Rumbley 800 North Blount St. Raleigh, NC 27604 703-855-2611 Rebekah@RaleighCityFarm.org RaleighCityFarm.org Raleigh City Farm is a high-profile, highproduction, community-supported, urban farm founded in 2011. We’re on a mission to support new urban farms and farm entrepreneurs to strengthen sustainable, healthy food systems. Tour multiple co-located farm enterprises adhering to appropriate ecological and technological practices selling produce to downtown restaurants, Farmshare CSA and Saturday Farm Stand. View neighborhood revitalization and communityfarmer engagement opportunities catalyzed by urban agriculture. Directions: At the corner of Franklin and Blount, a few blocks north of the state Capitol. Please park in parking lot of Person Street Plaza. Sweet Peas Urban Gardens 10th Annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour No. 4 2 Microgreens Shiitake Mushrooms Tami Purdue & Julie Gauthier NEW! 1931 New Bern Ave. Raleigh, NC 27610 919-828-6407 Info@SweetPeasUrbanGardens.com SweetPeasUrbanGardens.com The team at Sweet Peas believes that urban farming is fundamental to the creation of healthy, sustainable food production for our growing metropolitan society. On our tour you will see a high-tech, dense, growing farm in a container, a mushroom log “forest,” an active three-bin compost station, a greenhouse and a traditional family garden. And you can join us for a microgreen growing workshop and learn how to grow your own insanely nutritious microgreens at the same time! Directions: We are 2 miles inside the beltline at the intersection of New Bern Ave. and N. King Charles. The Camden Street Learning Garden No. 3 No. Educational Tours Katie Murray & Sabina Bastias 315 Camden St. Raleigh, NC 27601 928-352-4769 Katie@FoodShuttle.org The Well Fed Community 5 Garden NEW! Diverse Produce Shiitake Mushrooms Foodshuttle.org Morgan Malone and Arthur & Anya Gordon 1321 Athens Dr. Raleigh, NC 27606 EAL M P STO 919-523-3484 Garden@Irregardless.com Our urban learning garden provides our community with the opportunity to learn about growing fresh produce and fruit, sustainability practices, composting and even cooking! We have 36 communityrun growing beds for annual vegetable production, a food forest full of various fruit trees, medicinal herbs and other perennial plants, a 6,000-gallon rain harvesting system, a vermicomposting system and an on-site teaching kitchen and classroom. Come meet our community gardeners and learn how we are working together with our neighbors to create a more secure, sustainable and just food system in Raleigh! The Well Fed Community Garden is a multifaceted, financially sustainable urban agriculture venture which grows produce for Irregardless Café and Catering and donates 20% of its bounty to volunteers and neighbors. The WFCG builds community by offering volunteer experiences and workshops to demonstrate healthy lifestyles and model urban agricultural production. Visitors will see efficient use of a small urban piece of land with intensive crop production, a variety of fruit trees and bushes, hoop houses, on-farm composting and shiitake mushroom logs. NEW! No. 4 Passage Home Alpha Garden Educational Tours NEW! Lester Clay 513 Branch Street Raleigh, NC 27601 919-834-0666 (ext. 224) PassageHome.org Visit our community-based resident and youth learning garden to see how we utilize cover cropping, hoop house growing techniques, rich compost and beneficial pollinators to grow food in an urban setting. Learn about how the Alpha Garden is run by residents of the South Park community to engage youth in growing and preparing healthy foods. Directions: Two blocks south of MLK Blvd. off of Garner Rd. BRING A COOLER! Many farms offer products for sale during the tour! WellFedGarden.org Directions: On Athens Dr. across the street from Jaguar Path, look for the bamboo fence along the front. Follow Carolina Farm Stewardship Association for up-to-date info on the tour! NCSU Agroecology Education Farm Educational Tours Pollinator Habitats No. 6 NEW! Alison Reeves 4400 Mid Pines Rd. Raleigh, NC 27603 919-389-0538 AMReeve2@NCSU.edu AgroecologyFarm.NCSU.edu The NCSU Agroecology Education Farm provides hands-on education about agroecology and sustainable agriculture to NC State students, staff, faculty and the surrounding community. Currently there are around two acres under production, including a hoop house and an acre of open field. All produce is used in the NCSU dining halls or donated to the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. Students and volunteers will be available to lead a guided tour and answer questions. 10th Annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour In Theory Farm Grass-Fed Beef Heritage Pork • Eggs Goat Milk • Cow Milk Soap • Eggs • Pork Dan Moore No. 7 7125 Old Stage Rd. ! EW Raleigh, NC 27603 N 919-810-2530 Dan@NinjaCowFarm.com SNACK NinjaCowFarm.com STOP Meet our cows face to face, learn about our rare breed pigs living naturally in the forest, see our bee hives and watch chickens freeranging on our 84-acre family farm on the edge of downtown Raleigh. We raise our pastured beef and pork using no commercial feed, instead utilizing over seven million pounds of reclaimed produce per year. Stop in our farm store to pick up products from our farm and other like-minded local family farms. Ice cream, chocolate milk, gelato, cheese and snack sticks available for purchase. Directions: Once you reach the entrance, follow the signs to the barn. You’ll pass a few houses that are not part of the tour. Don’t want to drive? Take a guided bus tour from the Wendell Falls Community from 1-5PM on Saturday, Sept. 17th. Seating is limited. Register online at carolinafarmstewards.org/etft. Hilltop Farms of Willow Springs Certified Organic Seasonal Produce Fred & Virginia Miller 6612 Kennebec Rd. No. 8 Willow Springs, NC 27592 919-618-5601 Info@HilltopFarms.org NEW! HilltopFarms.org Hilltop Farms is Wake County’s first and only USDA certified organic produce farm, operating on 44 acres of historic family farmland in southern Wake County. We grow a variety of vegetables and fruit and have a horse boarding operation as well as free-range chickens and a couple of pet goats! We will provide a hayride to visit the organic fields as well as an equine lesson with an up-close visit with our horses in the horse barn. There will also be fresh-picked organic veggies for sale as well as 100% USA organic cotton Hilltop Farm t-shirts for sale! Lindsey Cobb & Rachel Lilly 393 Lipscomb Rd. No. Angier, NC 27501 9 919-578-2140 InTheoryFarm@gmail.com InTheoryFarm.com Come visit our 10-acre, Animal Welfare Approved farm and meet our heritage breeds of livestock including Oberhasli dairy goats, Jersey cows, pigs, chickens, ducks and their guardian dog. Pet the animals, learn about their care and see milking demonstrations. Pork, eggs, goat milk soap and limited raw cow and goat milk (for pet food) will be available. Fat Radish Farm Vegetables Eggs • Chicken No. 10 Hayes Lindsey EAL 839 Pine Ridge Rd. M STOP NEW! Zebulon, NC 27597 919-346-3276 FatRadishFarm@gmail.com FatRadishFarm.com Fat Radish Farm uses regenerative agricultural practices to supply the most nutritious food available. Come see our Salatin-style chicken tractors, egg mobile, restored 100-year-old farmhouse, Vertigro hydroponics system and no till veggie production areas. Enjoy a hayride up to our scenic fishing pond and check out our hiking loop trail. Stop by the farm store to purchase fresh veggies, eggs and chicken. Bonfire cookout Saturday night with camping available. Vollmer Farm Pumpkins • Ice Cream Fall Gourds Russ Vollmer & No. 11 Vanessa Weathers 677 NC 98 Hwy East K SNACP Bunn, NC 27508 STO 919-496-3076 VollmerFarm3@gmail.com VollmerFarm.com Come learn how this certified organic farm produces berries, asparagus, pumpkin, tomatoes, peppers and a wonderful array of vegetables throughout the year. Take a hayride tour of the entire farm with a special stop at the Jumping Pillow for all to jump and play. Also check out our Farm Market with fresh seasonal produce, preserves, salad dressings, salsas and honey – all locally made! The Market also features our eight flavors of “Almost Famous” Ice Cream. Directions: Farm is one mile south from the intersection of Hwy 39 and Hwy 98 just south of Bunn. Check out our blog carolinafarmstewards.org/blog for route planning tips! Rare Earth Farms Grass-Fed Beef Heritage Pork • Eggs Karl Hudson & No. Mann Mullen 12 160 Mullen Rd. MEAL STOP Bunn, NC 27597 919-349-6080 KarlHudson@RareEarthFarms.com RareEarthFarms.com Rare Earth is the farm with a food truck! Bring your cooler for meat and eggs and come hungry for our grass-fed burgers and hand-cut fries. We raise all-natural, heritage pork and Animal Welfare Approved & Certified grass-fed beef. Visitors can take a hayride to see the cows and pigs and learn about our philosophy on the humane treatment of our animals and the value of all-natural and grass-fed proteins. The Veterans Farm of NC No. 13 Chicken • Pork • Beef Turkey • Mushrooms Vegetables Robert Elliott, Seth Eure & Robert Stalter 44 Cypress Hall Ln. MEAL Louisburg, NC 27549 STOP 252-725-4875 Facebook.com/vetfarmofnc Come see over 100 turkeys ranging for Thanksgiving and pigs in their natural settings while cows graze in grass and chickens enjoy their lives in wide-open spaces. Learn about how we are changing the face of agriculture by integrating veterans into the farming world. Meet Pete the Turkey and all of our other animals will love to meet you! Help us feed chickens and watch the pigs enjoy their mud bath. 10th Annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour Ninja Cow Farm 5 10th Annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour No. Meadow Lane Turtle Mist Farm Farm Pork • Beef • Lamb 14 Beef • Goat Meat • Lamb Pork • Organic Vegetables Martha L. Mobley 571 Leonard Farm Rd. Louisburg, NC 27549 919-495-1305 MeadowLaneFarm1@netzero.net Recently recognized as a “Century Farm,” enjoy the vast and beautiful rolling pastureland, an 18th-century home and vintage mule and grain barns. Our Angus beef, sheep and Boer goat herds are Animal Welfare Approved. Collect eggs from the henhouse, pet the tame goats, sample our beef under the pecan grove and tour our vegetable high-tunnel greenhouse with beehives. New this year – learn about the 8 acres of pollinator habitat established on the farm! Our fresh farm meats, eggs, cut flowers and organic produce available for sale. MEAL STOP Directions: From Louisburg, travel 3 miles on Hwy 56 East. Turn Right on Leonard Farm Rd. and go 1.4 miles. The farm is on the left. Alpaca Dreams Alpaca Products • Gifts No. 15 Mike & Sarah Conyer 2714 Schloss Rd. ! Louisburg, NC 27549 EW N 919-340-0070 AlpacaDreamsNC@gmail.com 10th Annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour AlpacaDreamsNC.com 6 Do you know the difference between a llama and an alpaca? Come learn about the interesting traits of these unique animals. You’ll meet our 13 alpacas and two guard llamas and see displays showing our alpacas being sheared, the steps we take turning their fiber into yarn and much more. Our gift shop is loaded with items for adults & children. Directions From Louisburg: From 401, take Hwy 561 toward Centerville. Go about 6 miles and turn left on Laurel Mill Rd. At dead end, turn right to stay on Laurel Mill Rd. Go about 2.5 miles and turn left on Schloss Rd. Drive ½ mile to farm. No. 16 Chicken • Vegetables MEAL STOP Bob & Ginger Sykes 221 Suitt Rd. Franklinton, NC 27525 919-457-2942 Bob@TurtleMistFarm.com TurtleMistFarm.com Come see this small family farm, a former horse boarding and bull riding facility, now used to raise animals and produce in sustainable, humane ways. We raise hair sheep, Gelbvieh beef cattle, Bourbon Red turkeys, Muscovy duck, free-range laying hens, quail, partridges, pheasant, geese, LaMancha goats, Flemish giant rabbits and Berkshire, Tamworth and Ossabaw hogs. The vegetable garden uses a variety of unique growing methods and our greenhouse has hydroponics and aquaponic gardens. A narrated hayride is available for a small fee. Goat milking demo conducted at 3PM. Live music both days. Directions: GPS coordinates may stop 1/2 mile from driveway. Follow number on mailbox and farm tour signage. No. 17 ChickCharney Farm Poultry Meat • Eggs Microgreens • Mushrooms Julie Gauthier 15101 Aiken Rd. Wake Forest, NC 27587 DrJulie@ChickCharneyFarm.com ChickCharneyFarm.com Our mission is to preserve vanishing historic varieties of poultry and to demonstrate that heritage poultry are not just pretty birds; they are productive and useful in smallscale, sustainable, local agriculture. Come harvest log-grown shiitake mushrooms, plant microgreens, learn about pastured poultry production, watch hatching chicks and swimming ducklings and make sure you get a video of our fainting goats! No. Laurel Branch Gardens 18 Produce • Eggs • Flowers Evan Hughes 3017 Coley Rd. Durham, NC 27703 919-360-4410 LaurelBranchGardens@gmail.com LaurelBranchGardens.com Laurel Branch Gardens is a 12-acre section of an old tobacco farm between Raleigh and Durham. We work to regenerate the farm and soil through sustainable production of a diversity of vegetables, fruits and livestock. Check out our flock of pastured hens and other livestock and walk the perennial and annual garden plots of a new Triangle farm! MamaSprings Farm No. 19 Vegetables • Eggs Fresh Cut Flowers Carolyn RoseSeed & Eli Seed 622 S Mineral Springs Rd. Durham, NC 27703 919-596-5542 MamaSpringsFarm@gmail.com Facebook.com/MamaSprings MamaSprings is a family run, urban farm located in East Durham. In addition to seasonal vegetables, flowers and herbs, we also have a small flock of happy laying hens and ducks. We are committed to sustainable farming practices and our produce is free from chemical inputs. We are small in scale, more market garden than large commercial farm. If you are looking for smart, creative ways to increase your own backyard food production, our farm is one to visit. Our kids are looking forward to sharing their baked treats & lemonade with you again this year! Directions: The farm is on the corner of S. Mineral Springs Rd. & Gibson Rd., with driveway access to both roads and parking available on Gibson Rd. 31st Annual CFSA Sustainable Agriculture Conference November 4 - 6, 2016 • DURHAM, NC Don’t miss the farm and food event of the year! CAROLINAFARMSTEWARDS.ORG/SAC 10th Annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour Diverse Vegetables Katherine Gill, Reid Rosemond, Grant Ruhlman & Melisa Keeney 117 Milton Rd. No. 20 NEW! Durham, NC 27701 919-403-1311 DPSHubFarm@gmail.com TheHubFarm.org The DPS Hub Farm is a 30+-acre farm, forest and aquatic habitat where students learn about food production and land stewardship. Supporting our mission of healthy living, career exploration, environmental stewardship and community engagement, the Hub includes food production gardens, habitat gardens, animals, a barn, nature trails, a floating lab, outdoor classrooms and harvest and cooking stations. You’ll see late summer crops and the starts of the fall garden and learn about the hands-on activities and programs we offer students. Directions: We are behind Eno Valley Elementary School. Parking will be available at the entry into the site (look for Hub Farm sign just past the Eno Valley bus parking lot). Or, park in the Eno Valley parking lot and walk over! Sarah and Michael’s Farm Cut Lilies No. 21 Michael Turner 1927 Snow Hill Rd. Durham, NC 27712 919-479-4983 SarahAndMichaels@earthlink.net Come see how we grow our extraordinary lilies. Learn about soil made from coconuts, a steam machine that cleans the soil naturally and production techniques that imitate the lilies’ natural growth cycle. BRING A COOLER! Many farms offer products for sale during the tour! No. 22 Eggs • Rabbit • Chicken Turkey • Duck • Lamb Amy & Josh Sliffe 9923 N Roxboro Rd. EAL Bahama, NC 27503 NEW! M STOP 980-272-0181 BlueWhistlerFarm@gmail.com BlueWhistlerFarm.com Visit with the friendly animals at our 5-acre farmstead where we raise pastured livestock including rabbits, chickens, hogs, turkeys, ducks, egg layers and sheep. Enjoy the afternoon on the farm feeding the 100+ laying hens, bring some fruit for the pigs, pet the baby bunnies, walk through the garden and enjoy delicious food produced on the farm and by other local businesses. Directions: First house on the left on S. Lowell Rd., at the corner of Roxboro Rd. and S. Lowell Rd., coming from Durham. Prodigal Farm Fresh & Aged Goat Cheese Kathryn Spann & Dave Krabbe 4720 Bahama Rd. Rougemont, NC 27572 919-636-0807 Kat@ProdigalFarm.com No. 23 MEAL STOP ProdigalFarm.com We’re a farmstead goat cheese dairy on a 95acre former tobacco farm, and are certified Animal Welfare Approved. We’ll have tours of our dairy, soapmaking demonstrations, beekeeping demonstrations and a couple of blacksmithing demonstrations. Meet our 84 milking does and play with our 105 kids from this year – Katniss and Kiwi, Kewpie and Kevy. They love people! Taste our nationally award-winning, aged, goat cheeses, fresh goat cheese and our addictive marinated feta, and buy some to take home. We’ll have terrific calzones featuring our goat cheese and local produce. Directions: Going north on Roxboro Rd. (501), Bahama Rd. is 5.3 miles north of Infinity/Latta Rd. in northern Durham. Turn right on Bahama Rd. and go 5.7 miles (pass the lake – watch out for the curves); the farm is on the right. Bull City Farm Grass-Fed Beef • Lamb Pastured Eggs • Pork Cheese No. 2 4 Samantha Gasson and Scott, Almira, Garett & Owen Stirrup 5315 Isham Chambers Rd. MEAL Rougemont, NC 27572 STOP 919-477-6684 Samantha@BullCityFarm.com BullCityFarm.com Bull City Farm is celebrating 2 years on the new farm! The tents are gone, the bees have been moved, we have animals to pet, hairy pigs to see and a demonstration hive with information about beekeeping like how to start a pollinator garden. Roberto Copa Matos from Old Havana Sandwich Shop in Durham will have the classic Cuban “pan con lechon” – pork and bread for sale along with homemade sodas. Finish it all off with Ali Rudel’s handmade pie (sliced or whole) from The East Durham Pie Company. We’ll have pork, beef and eggs for sale. Hundred Acre Wood Farm & Sanctuary No. 25 Grass-Fed Beef • Eggs Garden Produce Jim & Cathy Dykes 548 Potluck Farm Rd. Rougemont, NC 27572 336-364-2972 JDykesMD@gmail.com There is a harmony here that can be seen and felt. The Hundred Acre Wood is mostly forest, which invites hiking the trails, and islands of permanent pasture and ponds. All the creatures from the Winnie the Pooh story can be seen here: Piglet (a potbellied pig), Eeyore (a Haflinger draft horse), Owl (a Silkie rooster), Heffalumps (the Dexter Cattle), Kanga and Roo (Boer goats) and even Christopher Robin (me!). Plus ducks and geese galore and ducklings hatched in June. We have a large kitchen garden as well. It is a beautiful farm that will delight the whole family. Share your farm tour photos! #ETFARMTOUR 10th Annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour Durham Public Blue Whistler Schools Hub Farm Farm 7 Your food choices express what matters to you. Your family’s health. A cleaner environment. Humane treatment of animals. A flourishing local economy. The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA) is on a mission to bring local, organic food to your table from a farmer who shares your values – and we can’t do it without you. Go to our website to find out more about how you can: • Become a member! • Advocate for fair farm and food policies • Connect with farmers in your community • Support local farmers and food businesses • Build local food systems across the Carolinas carolinafarmstewards.org | 919-542-2402