Farms Near Burnsville, NC

Burnsville

Burnsville

Burnsville

Burnsville

Burnsville

Burnsville

Mountain Farm is a family farm on Copperhead Bend outside Burnsville, in Yancey County's Blue Ridge, known for its lavender, wildflower honey, and goat-milk soap. The farm raises alpacas and bottles its own mountain spring water, and its lavender and honey products have been sold nationally. It sits high in the western North Carolina mountains north of Asheville.

A Main Street market in Bakersville, listed at 143 Crimson Laurel Way, the same downtown stretch as the town's other farmers market and near the creek that runs through the center of town. Mitchell County growers work a short Blue Ridge season here. It reads as a near-duplicate of the Bakersville Farmers' Market record; days and contact aren't confirmed.

Bakersville

Held at 175 Crimson Laurel Way in Bakersville, seat of Mitchell County in the Blue Ridge near Roan Mountain. This high-elevation market runs a cool, late-starting season built around mountain produce, berries, and local crafts. Market days and contact details aren't confirmed here.

Spruce Pine

A Fraser fir grower on Long Branch Trail near Spruce Pine, up in the high country around Little Switzerland. This stretch of Mitchell County sits high in the Blue Ridge, and the cool elevation is exactly why western North Carolina is the country's main source of Fraser fir Christmas trees. Growers here typically sell choose-and-cut and pre-cut trees plus wreaths through the holidays. Confirm opening dates with the farm directly.

Barnardsville

Barnardsville

Held at 1679 Barnardsville Highway in Barnardsville, in the Big Ivy area of Buncombe County north of Asheville. Like other Western North Carolina tailgate markets, it gathers nearby growers for a warm-season run of mountain produce, eggs, and handmade goods. Market days and contact details aren't listed here.

Bakersville

Blueberry Heaven charges $15 for a five-quart bucket of pick-your-own blueberries on Blevins Branch Road in the Buladean community near Bakersville, high in Mitchell County. A small shop sells fresh berries, homemade jams, and baked goods. Picking season runs hot, and the farm's Facebook page posts the weekly schedule, so check it and call ahead before driving up into the mountains. See blueberryheaven.net.

Spruce Pine

A mountain farmers market on Oak Avenue in downtown Spruce Pine, in Mitchell County high in the Blue Ridge. Growers from the Toe River valley sell seasonal produce and local goods near Spruce Pine's historic Lower Street district. High-elevation markets like this run through the shorter mountain growing season.

Spruce Pine

Sparks Farm is an agritourism operation on Biggerstaff Road in Spruce Pine, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Mitchell County. No website or contact information was found online. The high-elevation setting supports cool-season produce and, on many area farms, Christmas trees.

Mars Hill

Hensley Farm sells strawberries and offers pick-your-own near Mars Hill in Madison County, in the mountains north of Asheville. Berries ripen later here than in the flatlands — mountain strawberry season usually lands in May and June. Call ahead or check local directories for current picking days.

Farm & Sparrow is an Appalachian seed project, grain collection, and mill in Mars Hill, North Carolina, founded by baker David Bauer in 2006 and famous enough that Food & Wine listed it among the world's best bakeries. Since closing the bakery in 2018, the mill — housed in a restored 100-year-old chapel — devotes itself to American Landrace grains: heritage wheat, rye, and corn grown with small mountain farms and stone-milled to order to preserve each crop's aroma and terroir.

Spruce Pine

The Orchard at Altapass is a nonprofit heritage orchard at milepost 328.3 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Spruce Pine, some of its apple trees nearly a century old. Visitors pick heirloom apples in season, ride the hay wagon, hear live Appalachian music, and eat at the Apple Core Grill. A general store sells fudge and hot apple treats. The orchard works to preserve Blue Ridge history and its land.

Unicoi

A produce farm on Scott Road in Unicoi, in the mountains of upper East Tennessee near Erwin and the Nolichucky River. Farms in this valley are known for strawberries in late spring and tomatoes through summer, sold direct at the roadside. Expect seasonal fruit and vegetables picked from the surrounding fields. Check locally for peak-season hours.

Marshall

OLD FORT

Bee Sweet Honey and Crafts sells local honey and handmade crafts from Cane Creek Road in Old Fort, in McDowell County at the foot of the Blue Ridge east of Asheville. Mountain apiaries in this area draw on sourwood and wildflower blooms. Order and visit details aren't posted online.

Black Mountain

A warm-season tailgate market in Black Mountain, the Swannanoa Valley town just east of Asheville. Growers and makers from the surrounding mountains set up at 130 Montreat Road to sell vegetables, fruit, eggs, baked goods, and handmade crafts direct to shoppers. Markets like this one run through the growing season and close over winter. It sits within a short walk of downtown Black Mountain.

Black Mountain

A producer-only tailgate market in Black Mountain, east of Asheville, set up behind First Baptist Church at 130 Montreat Road. Everything sold is grown or made by the vendor, drawing Swannanoa Valley farmers for a warm-season Saturday run of produce, meats, and crafts. Exact hours and contact details aren't confirmed here.

Plumtree

A farm in Plumtree, tucked in the North Carolina high country of Avery County along the Toe River. Mountain farms at this elevation lean toward Christmas trees, cabbage, and cool-season produce. Little is documented online for this listing.

Asheville

A farm on Jones Cove Road in east Asheville, in Buncombe County. The Italian name may point to an event or agritourism theme, but current offerings aren't documented online. Contact the farm directly to confirm what it grows or hosts before visiting.

Oak Holler Farm is a South Carolina farm whose name suggests a wooded, hilly upstate setting. Public listings carry no city, product, or contact information, so the specifics of its operation aren't documented online.

Black Mountain

We are humbled and grateful to our community for the warm welcome and fantastic first year. To many more! Foothills Grange The Grange’s expansive outdoor space features covered picnic tables, a large patio with seating, indoor seating, a kids’ play space with dirt piles and Tonka trucks, and a permanent food truck serving Foothills’ classics menu of house ground hamburgers, secret recipe hot dogs, specialty sandwiches and famous tallow fries. Did you know you can book a picnic table or an entire

Black Mountain

With plenty of grit and a whole lot of love, Round Mountain Creamery was founded in 2002 by Linda Seligman. Beginning with five goats and dream, our little big farm became North Carolina’s first Grade “A” Goat Dairy in 2008. Now with over 60 goats, we produce a wide variety of soft and aged goat cheeses for both home and wholesale use.

Weaverville

A farm in Weaverville, just north of Asheville in Buncombe County's mountains. The listing marks it for agritourism, but no website or details are posted that I could verify. Small farms around Weaverville range from produce and flowers to livestock and event venues. Contact the farm directly to learn what it offers and when.

Weaverville

Honey & the Hive is a beekeeping supply, honey, and gift shop in Weaverville, North Carolina, but our reach is much farther than that! We carry beekeeping supplies, offer classes on beekeeping, sell local honey, and make products from the hive, like propolis tincture, infused honey, and beeswax candles. More than just a store, we are a hive of like-minded people who love bees and pollinators and want to educate our community about how to help care for this valuable part of our ecosystem. Our His

Jonesborough

Riverview Farms sits on A.J. Willis Road near Jonesborough, Tennessee's oldest town, in Washington County's rolling East Tennessee farmland. The area runs along creek and river bottoms in the Tri-Cities region near Johnson City. Listed for agritourism, the farm hasn't published specifics on crops or activities. Reach out ahead of time to confirm what's available and when they're open to the public.

Fender's Farm sits along Governor John Sevier Highway near Jonesborough, in Washington County of upper East Tennessee's Tri-Cities. It's a seasonal agritourism farm that runs its schedule through Facebook; broader details weren't available in a search. Check the Facebook page or call ahead for what's open and when.

Jonesborough

Jonesborough

A farm on Charlie Carson Road in Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee's oldest town in the state's northeast corner. Small farms around Jonesborough sell produce and seasonal goods direct through the growing months. Little is published online about this one specifically. Check locally for what it grows and when it's open.

Roan Mountain

Turkey Knob Tree Farm sits on Teaberry Road in Roan Mountain, high in Carter County near the North Carolina line. The elevation here suits Christmas-tree growing, which the name points to. No public website turned up in a search, so contact the farm directly for the cut-your-own season, which in this region typically runs late November into December.

Behind the Community Center overlooking Lake Louise Weaverville

The Weaverville Tailgate Market gathers behind the Community Center overlooking Lake Louise on Lakeshore Drive in Weaverville, just north of Asheville in Buncombe County. Growers and makers from the surrounding mountains sell seasonal produce and local goods at the small tailgate market. Days and hours aren't confirmed online.

Roan Mountain

Roan Highlands Farm grows more than 38 varieties of organic heirloom apples at the foot of Roan Mountain near the North Carolina line. The orchard picks its varieties for flavor rather than looks, favoring older apples you won't find in a grocery store. A farm cottage rental gives visitors a base near Roan Mountain State Park.

Laurels Pumpkin Barn is a seasonal pumpkin patch on Laurels Road near Johnson City in northeast Tennessee. Patches like this open through October, selling pumpkins for carving and cooking alongside the gourds and hay that mark the harvest season across the Tri-Cities. Pumpkin barns run short autumn hours, so check current dates before going.

Marion

Sweet Betsy Farm is a small family farm of market gardeners and beekeepers at the base of the southern Appalachians in Marion, North Carolina, using chemical-free practices on its bees and organic methods on its produce. The self-serve stand on Mudcut Road is open daily 9 to 6 with farm-fresh eggs and several honey varieties, including prized Sourwood.

Mystic Roots Farm grows in South Carolina. No records turned up a city, crop list, or contact details, so its location and what it sells remain unconfirmed.

McDowell County growers sell at this open-air market on West Henderson Street in downtown Marion. The surrounding foothills and river-bottom farms produce vegetables and orchard fruit as the season turns from summer into fall. Marion is a stop along the way to Lake James, Linville Gorge, and the high peaks of the Black Mountains.

Marion

A downtown tailgate market on West Henderson Street in Marion, the seat of McDowell County in the western North Carolina foothills. Farms from the Catawba River valley and the slopes below the Blue Ridge bring produce and goods to sell. Marion sits close to Lake James and the mountains rising toward Mount Mitchell.

Serenity Knoll Farm is a farm operation in Kentucky. Public details on what it grows or raises were not available online at the time of this listing.

Johnson City

Marshall

An agritourism farm on Catawba Drive near Marshall, in the Madison County mountains north of Asheville. (A same-named horse farm in Florida is unrelated.) Public details for the North Carolina property are limited online; contact the farm directly to confirm what it offers and when it's open.

Fairview

An agritourism farm on Old Fort Road in Fairview, in the mountains southeast of Asheville. Listings point to family visits, seasonal activities, and farm events rather than a produce stand, but specifics are thin online. Buncombe County's Fairview area is dotted with small ranches and pastures. Reach out directly to find out what the ranch offers and when it's open to visitors.

Johnson City

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Fairview

Hickory Nut Gap Farms in Fairview, North Carolina is a leader in regenerative agriculture — a Savory Institute-accredited Regenerative Hub sourcing 100% grassfed, grass-finished beef and pasture-raised pork from family farms across the Southeast. Its humanely raised meats, never from feedlots and never given antibiotics or added hormones, reach Whole Foods, Sprouts, Ingles, and Harris Teeter shelves across the eastern US, and the farm itself welcomes visitors.

Valle Crucis

Harvest Farm LLC is on Highway 194 North in Valle Crucis, Watauga County, in the high mountains near Boone and the original Mast General Store. At this elevation the growing season runs short and cool, favoring summer produce and fall crops. Contact the farm for what it offers and when.

Asheville

ASAP is the Asheville nonprofit behind Appalachian Grown, the certification that labels food grown or raised within about 100 miles of the mountains. The group connects Western North Carolina farms with local buyers, runs the ASAP Farmers Market in Asheville, publishes the annual Local Food Guide, and organizes the yearly Farm Tour and Business of Farming Conference. It's a gateway to the region's farms rather than a farm itself.

Johnson City

Operating since 1976, the Johnson City Farmers Market sells Saturdays 8 to 1 at the covered pavilion on South Roan Street. Vendors offer fruits, vegetables, eggs, meats, honey, jams, and baked goods, and the space includes indoor room. Most take cash and cards, with some accepting SNAP, EBT, and WIC.

Asheville

This midweek tailgate market sets up around the French Broad Food Co-op on Biltmore Avenue in downtown Asheville, gathering growers from the surrounding mountains. The co-op has anchored Asheville's downtown natural-foods scene for decades. Western North Carolina's tailgate markets are a regional institution, and a Wednesday market gives shoppers a stop between the busier weekend ones.

Marshall

This Madison County u-pick has grown berries since 1999, with black and red raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries ripening from late June through mid-August. Picking opens with black raspberries in late June, then blackberries by the end of July. The farm sits in the mountains of western North Carolina and also sells homemade preserves, horse-quality hay, and Appalachian crafts. Cold water and vanilla ice cream are on hand for the drive home.

Fairview

Asheville

A neighborhood tailgate market in the Oakley area of East Asheville, set up in the Oakley United Methodist Church parking lot on Fairview Road. Growers from the Southern Appalachian mountains bring seasonal produce, and small tailgate markets like this are common across the Asheville area. It draws the surrounding East Asheville community.

Newland

Cartner's Christmas Tree Farm grows Fraser fir on Balsam Drive in Newland, in Avery County, the heart of North Carolina's Christmas tree country. Avery's high, cool ridges produce firs that ship across the country each December. Choose-and-cut farms here open once the trees are ready after Thanksgiving.

Jonesborough

Jonesborough Farmers Market is a 100% producer-only market - which means that all products brought to the market are grown, raised, or made by the vendor. We also limit vendors to a 10-mile radius of Jonesborough, TN, which guarantees the freshest locally-grown products are available. We offer live music, a walking program, and a kids activity once per month. We accept SNAP-EBT funds and participate in a SNAP-match program.

Asheville

A food hub at 50 S. French Broad Avenue in downtown Asheville, Buncombe County. The location sits near the city's Southside neighborhood, and hubs like this connect area farms with residents through aggregation and distribution of local food. No website or posted hours are listed that I could verify, so contact the hub directly for details.

Marshall

Spinning Spider Creamery is an artisan goat dairy nestled in a mountain cove on Bailey Mountain in Madison County, North Carolina, where a homeschooling family crafts fresh chevre, bloomy rind, and aged cheeses old-world style from their Saanen, Alpine, and Toggenburg herds. Find the cheeses at the North Asheville Tailgate Market, Transylvania Farmers Market, and RAD Farmers Market year-round, plus local specialty stores.