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Bio-Way Farm

Bio Way is a USDA Certified Organic market farm growing vegetables, mushrooms, and some fruit near Ware Shoals, SC. The farm evolves on permaculture principles as we strive to serve our customers, our region, and the land. We farm on 5 acres of the 120-acre farm with the remainder in old-growth forest and managed for biodiversity. We've owned the land since 1987, m…

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Wild Hope Farm

Wild Hope Farm is a USDA Certified organic farm in Chester, SC, using no-till practices and permaculture design to grow fresh produce, flowers, and pasture raised laying hens. We are currently growing on 12 acres of production and the property consists of greenhouses, walking trails, a 10-ac…

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A Way of Life Farm

A Way of Life Farm fosters healthy people, healthy economy, and healthy ecology through food production. With a crew of two farmers, four apprentices, two children, and extended family, we grow Certified Organic vegetables, strawberries, blueberries, and pasture-raised pork for sale to farmers’ market, CSA, and restaurant customers. This commercia…

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Grassroots Farm & Dairy

We run a small-scale sheep dairy just outside Marshall and currently sell raw sheep milk, Grade A sheep milk yogurt, labneh, lamb, sheepskins and wool bedding at three weekly tailgate markets in Asheville and Brevard. We also sell raw milk through a herdshare program for on-farm and in town pick ups. We have about 50 sheep on the farm except for la…

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Eagle Feather Organic Farms

We seek and accept apprentices year round and are looking for special people passionate about growing woodland botanicals. Eagle Feather Organic Farms is a twenty-eight year old farm growing medicinal plants and trees. We provide opportunities to learn about North Carolina woodland nurseries and the marketing of herbs as finished products.

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OGS Farmer Programs are made possible by our farmer network and our funding partners: Blooming Prairie Foundation, Community Foundation of WNC, CLIF Bar Family Foundation, Cornell Douglas Foundation, Harry Chapin Foundation, New Visions Foundation, Patagonia, Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, UNFI Foundation, Walnut Cove Members Association, WNC Bridge Foundation, and USDA-NIFA Beginning Farmer and Rancher Award #2021-70033-35717. Our Growth Partners (year-round program support) are: Carolina Farm Credit, Buchi, Living Web Farms, and Gaia Herbs. Our Media Sponsors are WNCW, Asheville FM and Blue Ridge Public Radio.

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