Livestock Farms & Ranches near Burnsville, NC

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.

Marshall

Three Graces Dairy in Marshall, North Carolina takes its name from antiquity — the goat, the sheep, and the cow give the exquisite milks behind its French-style farmstead cheeses. From soil to seed to grass to milk to curd, it all happens on the farm, with tours, events, and classes offered.

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.

Asheville

An Asheville ranch selling meat from bison raised on its own pastures, cut into ground meat, burgers, and steaks like filet, New York strip, and top sirloin. The operation also carries elk, yak, watusi, and grass-fed beef, and runs herd tours by appointment. Orders ship, and the ranch works a second site, Dr. King's Farms, in nearby Leicester.

Nebo

Edwards Family Farms in Nebo is McDowell County, North Carolina's favorite farm for local meat pickup — pasture-raised chicken, forest-raised pork, 98.7% grass-fed beef, and farm-fresh eggs from a regenerative farm, raised right with no BS. Local pickup only, with guided farm tours, custom pork shares, a farm membership, and a free Steady Table recipe book to get families cooking.