Farms Near Chapel Hill, NC

Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill Farmers' Market runs year-round at University Place, 201 S. Estes Drive, with Saturdays 8am to noon and Tuesdays 3pm to 6pm. Every vendor farms or makes their goods within 60 miles of Chapel Hill, selling fresh produce, value-added farm products, and crafts. Staying open all year sets it apart from most Orange County tailgate markets.

Chapel Hill

The listing pairs the Serenbe name with 201 South Estes Drive in Chapel Hill, which looks like a data mix-up: the Serenbe Farmers Market belongs to the Serenbe community in Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. The Estes Drive address is a longtime Chapel Hill market site near University Place. Treat the two as separate places until the record is corrected.

Chapel Hill

Runs Saturday mornings year-round at 301 West Main Street in Carrboro, with a second market on Wednesdays during the growing season. Every vendor grows or makes what they sell within 50 miles, so the tables lean heavily local: produce, meat, eggs, cheese, bread, and cut flowers. It ranks among the oldest producer-only markets in the Triangle and sits a short walk from downtown Chapel Hill.

Chapel Hill

A small farm on Old Lystra Road south of Chapel Hill, in the Orange County countryside near Jordan Lake. Little is documented online about its current offerings. Chapel Hill-area growers commonly sell produce, flowers, or eggs through the Carrboro and Chapel Hill farmers markets; contact the farm to confirm what it grows and how to buy.

Chapel Hill

Jimmy Acres is the Tommerdahl family farm just north of the Triangle, growing fruits, vegetables, pasture-raised chicken — and healthy soil — for the Chapel Hill, Lake Hyco, and Greensboro areas. Find them at the Saturday farm stand on Bowden Road in Chapel Hill, the Eno River Farmers Market in Hillsborough, and Rooted Community food drops in Apex, with online pre-orders and delivery days.

chapel hill

Chapel Hill

A small CSA vegetable farm on Mount Carmel Church Road south of Chapel Hill, in southern Orange County. Members sign up for a weekly share of seasonal vegetables through the growing season. Details beyond that are not posted online.

Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill

Shenandoe Farm is an agritourism operation on Old Greensboro Road southwest of Chapel Hill, in Orange County. Little about it is published online. The area is Piedmont farm and horse country on the edge of a fast-growing college town. Contact the farm directly to confirm what it grows and whether it hosts visitors.

Chapel Hill

Oakley Farm sits on its namesake road southeast of Chapel Hill, in Orange County. The land here is Piedmont farm country on the edge of a fast-growing college town, where small farms sell produce, hay, or host seasonal events. There's little about the operation online, so reach out directly to confirm what it offers and whether visitors are welcome.

Durham

Agritourism farm on Massey Chapel Road in Durham, on the southern edge of the city near Jordan Lake and Southpoint. Public details are limited for this listing. Contact Herndon Hills Farm directly to confirm what it grows and whether it opens to the public.

Hillsborough

An agritourism farm on Union Grove Church Road in Hillsborough, Orange County. Cates Corner opens its land for farm visits and seasonal activities. Little else is posted online.

Durham

A small family farm on Kerley Road in northwest Durham, near the Eno River. Public information is limited online. The surrounding area holds a mix of small produce growers and pastured-livestock farms that supply Durham's farmers markets.

Hillsborough

Chapel Hill

Transplanting Traditions gives refugee and immigrant farmers land, training, and a market on Jones Ferry Road in Chapel Hill. Eight refugee-owned farm businesses grow vegetables here, mixing familiar seasonal crops with Southeast Asian vegetables traditionally grown in Burma, all raised organically without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. Customers buy through a CSA, and a Share a Share program sends produce to families with limited food access.

Chapel Hill

A honey-producing apiary on Jo Mac Road in Chapel Hill, in western Orange County. Small piedmont beekeepers like this sell raw local honey tied to the spring and summer nectar flow, usually direct or through nearby markets. Online details are limited.

Hillsborough

Durham

Old Mill Farm sits along NC Highway 751 south of Durham, in the rolling Piedmont near Jordan Lake. This stretch of 751 runs past small farms and horse land between Durham and Chapel Hill. Information about the farm's crops, events, or hours isn't posted online, so contact them directly to learn what they offer and whether they're open to the public.

Chapel Hill

Faircloth Farm opens for pick-your-own blueberries from mid-July into August, on Gilmore Road south of Chapel Hill in Chatham County. The family also raises an unusual mix of poultry, silkies, frizzles, Ameraucanas, marans, and naked-neck chickens, plus rabbits, peacocks, and Pekin ducks. Blueberries are the reason to visit in summer. It's reachable off Highway 15-501, and the family posts updates on Facebook.

Durham

Perkins Orchard is the largest and oldest produce market in Durham, North Carolina — 56 seasons and counting — selling thousands of pounds of produce a week from over 300 mostly North Carolina farms plus the family's original fruit orchard. Open seven days a week, it's a one-stop shop for local eggs, cheese, meats, honey, greens, flowers, fruits, vegetables, pumpkins, and Christmas trees, with seating areas to unwind.

Hillsborough

Garland Truffles grows and sells truffle-inoculated hazelnut and oak seedlings, plus fresh black Périgord truffles harvested from its Hillsborough orchards. Founder Franklin Garland was among the first in North America to cultivate truffles successfully, and the farm has supplied growers across the country with trees inoculated to produce them. It sits on Ode Turner Road in Orange County.

Durham

Parktown Food Hub works across southern Durham to get fresh, nutritious food to local families, running distributions, community events, and volunteer days from a site on Revere Road. It's built on partnerships with neighborhood groups and doubles as a gathering place rather than a single storefront market. Reach them at 984-484-8475 or on Facebook and Instagram.

Pittsboro

Fitch Creations developed and runs Fearrington Village, a former dairy farm south of Pittsboro now built around the Relais & Châteaux Fearrington House Inn, Restaurant, and Spa. The pastures are grazed by the farm's signature Belted Galloway cattle—black-and-white 'Oreo cows'—alongside goats, and the grounds hold gardens, shops, and the Belted Goat café. It's at 2000 Fearrington Village Center.

Apex

Agritourism farm at 970 Martha's Chapel Road in Apex, set in the wooded country near Jordan Lake in fast-growing western Wake County. Little detail is published online for this listing, so visitors should confirm crops, hours, and any pick-your-own or event openings with the farm directly before making the drive.

Durham

Vendors within a 50-mile radius — qualified farmers, prepared-food makers, and craftspeople — sell produce, meats, and other goods at this Saturday market on the south side of Durham. Summer hours run 8am to noon from April through October, and winter hours 9am to noon. It draws shoppers from the Research Triangle Park side of the city.

Apex

A choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm on Marthas Chapel Road, right beside Jordan Lake southwest of Apex. Piedmont growers like this one field-grow Leyland cypress, Carolina sapphire, and white pine, and usually stock pre-cut Fraser firs trucked down from the North Carolina mountains. The season runs the weekends after Thanksgiving into mid-December. Bring a saw or borrow one at the barn.

Hillsborough

Our Approach Our Approach Public awareness of the plight of the honeybee is growing. At Bailey Bee Supply, we want to give beekeepers the knowledge and tools to be successful beekeepers. Beekeeping not only saves the bees, there are many rewards extending beyond honey and pollination! It's the perfect hobby to relieve stress and one can learn a lot about life from observing the hive. Our Story Our Story Bailey Bee Supply opened in The Shops of Daniel Boone in Hillsborough, NC on January 7, 2013.

Hillsborough

Double R Cattle Services is a family farm in Hillsborough, in northern Orange County, North Carolina, specializing in two things done well: 100% grass-fed pastured beef sold by appointment, and fresh strawberries whose u-pick patch is an annual tradition for families across the Triangle.

Eno River Farmers Market runs every Saturday year-round at 144 E. Margaret Lane in Hillsborough, 8am to noon from April through November and 9am to noon in winter. Vendors within 60 miles bring farm-fresh vegetables, fruit, cheese, pasture-raised meat and eggs, wood-fired baked goods, and crafts. Live music, master gardeners, and chef demonstrations round out the mornings.

Durham

WildSide Farm is a small farm in North Carolina. Its web domain is parked for sale and no verified location or product information turned up, so what it grows or raises isn't confirmed here.

Durham

Hillsborough

Smith's Family Fun Farm runs a fall season near Hillsborough: pumpkin picking in October and cut-your-own Christmas trees over Black Friday weekend. The farm rents out for private events and welcomes photo sessions on the grounds. A Friday night coal-fired pizza series is planned to start in spring 2026. Reach the Smiths by email or through their Facebook page for current dates.

HILLSBOROUGH

Durham

Farmer Foodshare is a Durham-based nonprofit food hub that buys fresh produce from North Carolina growers year-round, then moves it two ways: donated to hunger-relief groups and sold wholesale to local institutions, with revenue routed back to farmers. It works across the Triangle from an office on North Mangum Street. Reach the team at [email protected] or 919-701-2543.

Happy Dirt is a farmer-owned organic produce company based in Durham that grows, packs, and ships certified-organic fruits and vegetables across the Southeast and beyond — from sweet potatoes and broccoli to strawberries and citrus. Farmers sit on its board, and the business grew out of the earlier Eastern Carolina Organics grower network. Wholesale ordering runs through market.happydirt.com.

Cedar Grove

Cedar Grove Blueberry Farm grows four acres of no-spray, dry-farmed blueberries in rural northern Orange County, open for u-pick and on-farm sales. The owners lean into low-input methods and treat the farm as a teaching spot for other growers as much as a place to pick. It sits next to Botanist and Barrel, a family cidery and winery that uses fruit from the farm. Season runs through mid-summer.

Hillsborough

Apex

Mrs. Ruth's Farm is on Green Level Road in Apex, along the fast-growing western edge of Wake County. Small produce farms in this part of the Triangle sell strawberries, vegetables, and flowers in season, often by the roadside or pick-your-own. Details are thin online, so it's best to confirm what's available before a visit.

Hillsborough

Morrisville

Phillips Strawberries runs a spring strawberry operation on Good Hope Church Road in Morrisville, on the western edge of the Research Triangle between Cary and the airport. North Carolina berries usually ripen from late April into June, when growers open their rows to pickers. Picking conditions shift day to day during the short season.

Efland Farmers Market runs at 3106 Highway 70 West in Efland, a rural community in western Orange County between Hillsborough and Mebane. Local farmers sell seasonal produce and homegrown goods along the old highway corridor. Small roadside markets like this operate through the growing months. Confirm the schedule before you go.

Efland

Minka Farm raises 100% grassfed beef, pastured pork, and eggs, all certified Animal Welfare Approved, on Minka Farm Lane in Efland. An orchard yields apples, pears, peaches, cherries, and blueberries for pick-your-own, and the on-farm store stocks seasonal produce and herbs. The farm joins the annual Piedmont Farm Tour and rents a cabin through Airbnb. Store hours run Saturday mornings.

Hillsborough

Sweet Retreat is a 10-acre pick-your-own orchard near Hillsborough that grows without synthetic chemicals in the Eno River watershed. U-pick runs across a long season: blueberries in June and July, figs from July into October, then jujubes and persimmons into the fall, plus mulberries. The farm serves the Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh area. Reach them by email or phone, or watch their Facebook page for u-pick dates.

Cary

Phillips Farms is a family agritourism farm on the west side of Cary in Wake County, minutes from Raleigh. Its website bills the place as family fun for everyone, in line with the pick-your-own and seasonal-visit farms common along the Triangle's edge. Check the site for current crops, events, and open days.

Apex

Apex

Green Level Gourd Farm grows gourds on Green Level Road West in Apex, along the fast-growing western edge of Wake County. Hard-shell and ornamental gourds like these get cured for crafts, birdhouses, and fall displays. The Green Level community keeps a rural footprint even as Apex and Cary expand around it.

Hillsborough

Hillsborough

Eno River Farm sits on St. Marys Road in Hillsborough, along the Eno River just north of the town's historic downtown. The Orange County setting pairs open pasture with river woodland in one of the Triangle's most walkable small towns. Farms and event grounds cluster along this corridor.

Cary

Good Hope Farm is a historic farm owned by the Town of Cary and run as an incubator for beginning small-scale farmers on Morrisville-Carpenter Road. Several independent growers raise vegetables, flowers, and herbs on the land and sell through CSA shares and area markets. The site keeps working farmland going inside fast-growing western Wake County.

Apex

Pittsboro

Chatham Mills Farmers’ Market is a producers-only farmer’s market that takes place on the lawn of the Chatham Mills Building in Pittsboro every Saturday morning from April through January. All of our vendors grow or make their own products within 100 miles of Pittsboro, NC. Our goal is to provide high quality local food to the Pittsboro area, to support small farmers, grow local economy, and to provide an enjoyable open space for the community to gather. View the Chatham Mills Farmer’s Market Ru

Pittsboro

Smithview Farm in Pittsboro, North Carolina has raised 100% grassfed, grass-finished Angus beef since 2010, focusing on genetics, quality forages, and daily management that shape nutrition, taste, and tenderness. Paleo-approved, with free delivery on most orders.

Apex

Jean's Berry Patch is a seasonal u-pick berry stand on NC Highway 751 in Apex, in fast-growing western Wake County. Strawberries lead the spring season, the peak window for the Triangle's pick-your-own farms. Picking days depend on the weather and the crop, so hours are worth confirming before a visit.

Cary

The Western Wake Farmers Market runs Saturdays year-round in Morrisville in the western Research Triangle, 8am to noon April through November and 9:30 to noon in winter. It takes SNAP/EBT with Double Bucks matching, hosts a CompostNow drop-off, and features live music while local farms and food makers sell. The market has moved from its earlier Cary location.

Cary

Agritourism farm on Morrisville-Carpenter Road in Cary, tucked into the Cary-Morrisville edge of Wake County near Research Triangle Park. Online detail is limited for this listing. Contact the farm directly to confirm what it grows and whether it opens for seasonal produce or visits.

Mebane

Mebane

Berry farm on Hawk Hill Road in Mebane, on the Alamance-Orange county line in the central Piedmont. The produce tag points to pick-your-own berries, typically strawberries in spring and other fruit into summer. Details are thin online, so confirm picking days and hours with the farm first.