Farms Near Goldsboro, NC

Goldsboro

Cottle Farms is one of the country's larger strawberry nurseries, shipping tips, plugs, and bare-root plants to growers nationwide. Ned Cottle planted the first field in Faison in 1964, and the family still runs it across eastern North Carolina, growing varieties like Camarosa, Chandler, Festival, and Sweet Charlie. In spring the operation opens seasonal strawberry stands around the region, including one on US-117 south of Goldsboro.

Goldsboro

Elroy Farms runs a farm market with pick-your-own berries near Goldsboro in Wayne County, founded in 1995. Visitors can pick blueberries and strawberries in season and buy sweet corn and other fresh produce. The stand sits on Wood Peck Road east of town. Strawberries come in during spring, with blueberries following through summer.

Goldsboro

Goldsboro

Goldsboro

Jack D. Smith runs a pick-your-own farm on Riverbend Road near Goldsboro, in Wayne County, with strawberries, corn, cabbage, potatoes, and pumpkins across the seasons. Strawberries come in spring, with pumpkins closing out the fall. It's a straightforward u-pick stop rather than a large agritourism site. Call (919) 731-7269 to confirm the picking.

Goldsboro

Smith's Strawberries is a small u-pick berry farm on Rosewood Road in Goldsboro, in Wayne County's produce-rich stretch of the coastal plain. Strawberries here ripen through the spring, the region's main pick-your-own season. Little else is published about the farm's hours or contact details. Ask locally or call around Goldsboro before visiting during strawberry season.

G P Farms is listed on Oberry Road with a 28365 ZIP, placing it near Mount Olive in Wayne County, eastern North Carolina. The area runs on row crops and is best known nationally for pickle production. No further details about the farm were available online.

Snow Hill

A country inn on Mewborn Church Road outside Snow Hill, in Greene County's flat eastern North Carolina farmland. The property pairs overnight lodging with a carriage house and grounds often used for weddings and small gatherings. Public details are limited, so contact the inn directly about rooms, event space, and availability.

Nooherooka Natural raises pasture-raised black Angus beef and heritage pork in Snow Hill, in eastern North Carolina, with no antibiotics or added hormones and USDA-inspected processing. The farm runs its own market at 1151 Highway 13, open Wednesday through Saturday, selling cuts direct. The farm itself sits on Mewborn Church Road. Reach them at 252-714-2650.

Selma

Farm-raised shrimp sold fresh from three production tanks off Piney Grove Church Road in Selma, just off I-95 at Exit 107. Inland shrimp farming is a small but growing niche in eastern North Carolina, where growers raise shrimp in recirculating tanks and sell direct during the late-summer and fall harvest. Call ahead — supply is seasonal and sells out fast once the tanks are drained.

Mount Olive

Stantonsburg

Martha's Vineyard is a small grape grower near Stantonsburg in Wilson County, in the eastern North Carolina farm belt. The region's climate favors muscadines, which ripen from late summer into fall. Beyond a directory listing, little is published about the vineyard's hours, wines, or u-pick options. Check locally before visiting in grape season.

Seven Springs

Snow Hill

A produce farm stand in Snow Hill, the Greene County seat in eastern North Carolina's tobacco and vegetable belt. Creekside sells seasonal fruit and vegetables through the growing season. No website or storefront details are posted online.

Selma

Flintstone Farm is an agritourism operation off Watson Road outside Selma, in Johnston County east of Raleigh. This stretch is old tobacco-and-row-crop country turning increasingly toward farm tourism. No detailed visitor information is posted online yet.

Kenly

The Berry Patch is a pick-your-own berry farm on Weaver Road near Kenly, in Johnston County's flat eastern-Piedmont farmland off I-95. It sells fresh berries in season directly to pickers and keeps little presence online beyond farm directories. Picking here follows the usual late-spring strawberry and summer bramble windows. Confirm the season locally before visiting.

Walstonburg

A pick-your-own fruit and produce farm on Beaman Old Creek Road in Walstonburg, in Greene County's flat farm country. Depending on the month, you can pick blueberries, strawberries, peaches, and melons, or buy them pre-picked at the stand. The farm leans into a family day out with hay rides, a fishing pond, farm animals, and homemade ice cream. Vegetables round out the summer selection.

Pine Level

Hinnant Family Vineyards calls itself North Carolina's largest muscadine vineyard, working more than 100 acres in Johnston County for over four decades. The winery bottles traditional white scuppernong, blackberry wine, and its Southern Pink blends, all leaning to the sweet native-grape style. The tasting room is at 826 Pine Level–Micro Road in Pine Level, east of Smithfield.

Faison Farmers' Market runs at 503 West Main Street in Faison, a small Duplin County town known across the region for vegetable farming, especially cucumbers and other row crops. Local growers sell straight from the fields that surround the town. This is working farm country in the southeastern coastal plain. Confirm current market days before visiting.

Rainbow Meadow Farms raises a full spread of pasture-based livestock in North Carolina — Berkshire pork, Dorper lamb, Devon-Angus beef, Cornish and Contentnea Red chicken, plus turkey, rabbit, and free-range brown eggs. Rotational grazing across roughly 300 acres keeps the pastures fertilized naturally. The farm cures its own sausage, bacon, and pastrami and runs the Whiskey Pig Craft Butchery and Deli. Contact Genell Pridgen.

Wheat Swamp Angus sells Angus beef raised in the Wheat Swamp community near Snow Hill, in eastern North Carolina. The cattle are grass-fed and grain-finished with no added hormones, sold as individual cuts, bundles, subscriptions, or in bulk quarters, halves, and wholes. Order online through their Barn2Door shop, or reach them on Facebook and Instagram at @wheatswampangus.

The Wilson County Farmers Market operates on Downing Street in Wilson, a historic tobacco-market town in eastern North Carolina's coastal plain. Wilson County farms grow tobacco, sweet potatoes, and summer produce, and the market carries the season's fruit and vegetables. Specific hours aren't confirmed online.

Wilson

Dean's Farm Market runs a working agritourism operation at 4321 NC Hwy 42 West in Wilson, selling produce from its own fields and partner farms. Beyond the market stand, it hosts school field trips led by a master's-level educator, summer camps, a Fall Fest, Christmas tree tours, and private events. The on-site kitchen turns out prepared foods, making it a year-round destination rather than just a produce stop.

A North Carolina farm listed as Sunday's Farm. No city, category, or official web page turned up in research, so its crops, animals, and location stay unconfirmed.

ENC Honey bottles raw, unpasteurized honey gathered by beekeepers across Eastern North Carolina, keeping it local rather than blended from far away. The lineup runs beyond honey to bee pollen, honeycomb, creamed honey, candied pecans, and honey wine vinegar. Orders and details are on their site.

Downtown Smithfield runs a fresh market in the Johnston County seat, selling seasonal fruits and vegetables from local farms plus baked items, specialty foods, and handmade products. It operates every other Saturday from 8am to noon, May through October, in the county lot near 3rd Street South and Johnston Street. Smithfield lies in the farm country southeast of Raleigh.

Kinston

Kinston

Kinston's county farmers market on North Herritage Street, the seat of Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina's coastal plain. The surrounding tobacco-and-produce country feeds the town's growing food scene, put on the map by Chef Vivian Howard's Chef & the Farmer restaurant a few blocks away. Growers sell vegetables, fruit, and homemade goods in season.

Selma

A working grist mill on Atkinson Mill Road in Selma, grinding cornmeal and grits on a site that has milled grain since 1757. The family business sells stone-ground cornmeal and grits along with hushpuppy mixes and breaders, including its Sweet Betsy onion hushpuppy mix, to home cooks, restaurants, and retailers across the region. A small museum tells the mill's long history.

Smithfield

Pick-your-own blueberries in Smithfield, the Johnston County seat southeast of Raleigh. Listings note both u-pick and farm pickup, with the harvest following the usual eastern-Carolina window from mid-May into July. Details beyond the directory entry are scarce online. Because a single grower's ripe fruit can come and go within days, call or check before making the trip to fill your buckets.

Kinston

A berry and produce farm near Kinston in Lenoir County, listed for on-farm pickup and locally grown fruit. Directory records disagree on the exact road — Highway 58 South versus NC 55 — so confirm directions before heading out. Eastern North Carolina's long warm season suits berries and summer vegetables. With little else posted online, a direct call is the best way to learn hours and what's ripe.

Pink Hill

C & C Vineyard has grown grapes on Potters Hill Road near Pink Hill since 1974, making it one of the older family vineyards in this corner of eastern North Carolina. The operation cultivates grapes and produces wine for local and regional buyers. Muscadines are the traditional grape of the region, ripening from late summer into fall.

Farmville

A food hub based in Farmville, Pitt County, in eastern North Carolina's tobacco and row-crop country. Food hubs aggregate produce and other goods from area farms and move them to buyers and residents. Only a P.O. box is listed, with no posted schedule or storefront details I could confirm, so contact the group directly for how to buy or take part.

Selma

A farm on Pine Tree Road outside Selma, in Johnston County's tobacco-and-produce country east of Raleigh. Small farms here grow seasonal vegetables and berries for roadside stands and markets. Public information for this listing is thin.

Selma

Kinston

A family farm stand in Kinston, in Lenoir County's eastern North Carolina farm country along the Neuse River. Putnam sells seasonal produce direct. No further details are posted online.

Village Farmers Market sits on NC Highway 42 East in Clayton, a fast-growing Johnston County town just east of Raleigh. Johnston County is one of North Carolina's top produce and sweet-potato counties, and markets here carry local fruit and vegetables in season. Hours aren't confirmed online.

Keller Bee Yard is a North Carolina beekeeping operation — an apiary of the sort that bottles local raw honey and may sell nucs, queens, or beeswax to nearby buyers. No city or public listing was confirmed, so the exact location and product lineup aren't verified here.

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