Tour 11: 
Sustainable Agriculture

Tour sponsored by SARE.

The North Carolina Piedmont has many farms practicing sustainable agriculture. The tour begins at Peregrine Farm, a diversified small farm that produces vegetables, cut flowers, and pastured turkeys. Farmers Alex and Betsy Hitt were named the Southern Region winners of SARE's 2006 Patrick Madden Award. Next we will visit Harland's Creek Farm, an organic farm and historic homestead with a multi-farm community supported agriculture program. The tour will then visit the Sustainable Farming Program at Central Carolina Community College, one of the first of its kind in the country. Next up is Piedmont Biofuels, a local cooperative and biodiesel plant that is also home to the Eastern Carolina Organics cooperative, Piedmont Biofarm (organic produce), and Screech Owl Greenhouse (hydroponic lettuce). The final tour stop will be the nationally known Carrboro Farmers' Market.

Peregrine Farm

 

Harland's Creek Farm

 

Sustainable Farming Program
at Central Carolina Community College

 

Piedmont Biofuels

 

Eastern Carolina Organics

 

Piedmont Biofarm

 

Screech Owl Greenhouse

 

Carrboro Farmers' Market

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