Local Farms

By: Emily LeBaron
Whether searching for free-range chickens, grass-fed beef, wellness honey or gorgeous flowers, Forsyth county has a multitude of fresh, local goods to be enjoyed from resident farms. The quality is incomparable, making each purchase not only beneficial for you but for our local farmers, as well!

Heritage Harvest Farms: Pfafftown, NC

  • What they’re known for: Wellness honey, mushrooms, and flowers
  • Noteworthy: 7th Generation Sustainable NC Century Farm, Certified Foragers, & Certified Beekeepers
  • Find them here: their Mercantile, Buie’s Market, Robinhood Integrative Health, the Asheville Bee Charmer, Cobblestone Farmers Market, and Davidson Farmers Market.
  • Follow them on Facebook and Instagram

Joyce Farms: Winston-Salem, NC

  • What they’re known for: Unique heritage breed meat and poultry
  • Noteworthy: All products are raised without anything added (no antibiotics, no growth stimulants, no animal by-products, and nothing artificial)
  • Find them here: Click here for a list of select retail stores and markets
  • Follow them on Facebook and Instagram!

Harmony Ridge Farms: Tobaccoville, NC

  • What they’re known for: Vegetables, blueberries, melons, pork, duck and eggs
  • Noteworthy: They offer a spring/summer CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program with a variation of boxes that include seasonal produce, eggs and pasture raised meats
  • Find them here: Home delivery service, Cobblestone Farmer’s Market, Farmer’s Market at their barn, Mozelle’s and other fine restaurants
  • Follow them on Facebook and Instagram!

Fair Share Farm: Pfafftown, NC

  • What they’re known for: Spring mix + baby leaf greens, little gem + artisan lettuce heads, cut micros + salad shoots, flowers + specialty leaves for garnish
  • Noteworthy: They have an online farm stand with weekly fresh-picks for you to order.
  • Find them here: Cobblestone Farmer’s Market, Willow’s Bistro, and Mozelle’s
  • Follow them on Instagram!

Sassafras Family Farm

  • What they’re known for: Fruits, vegetables, fresh and dried herbs, decorative and edible flowers
  • Noteworthy: All products are organic! They also make small-batch spice blends, preserves, sauces, herbal teas, culinary finishing salts, and pickles. Additionally, they make soap, salves and balms, and other bath and body products.
  • Find them here: Cobblestone Farmer’s Market, Louie and Honey’s Kitchen
  • Follow them on Facebook and Instagram!

NOMAD Farms: Tobaccoville, NC

  • What they’re known for: free-range “nomadic” chickens, cows and pigs, lamb, pastured rabbit, and occasional vegetables
  • Noteworthy: They have a “you pick” flower patch and Summer Day Camps
  • Find them here: Cobblestone Farmers Market, Tanglewood Farmers Market, and Diamondback Grill
  • Follow them on Facebook and Instagram!

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