Farms Near Rutherfordton, NC

Rutherfordton

The slogan of Teacher's Farm is: Grown the way it used to be. Grown the way it ought to be. I wrote this because I wanted to avoid using terms that are ambiguous, or hard to decipher. Although ours is an organic farm, there are ways to grow organically and still be completely destructive to the environment. Therefore, the term organic has lost some of its original meaning. The same can be said of no till farming. What is tilling and what isn't is not agreed upon. I describe what I do as low till

Rutherfordton

Forest City

A county farmers market on Depot Street in Forest City, the seat of Rutherford County in the western North Carolina foothills. Growers from the surrounding foothills bring seasonal produce and local goods to downtown Forest City near the old rail depot.

Mill Spring

Mill Spring

A farm on Highway 108 East in Mill Spring, Polk County, in the foothills near the Tryon International Equestrian Center. This corner of North Carolina mixes horse country with pasture, hay, and small produce farms. No website or visitor details are posted that I could confirm, so reach out directly before planning a stop.

Rutherfordton

Columbus

Wally's Pure Raw Honey sells raw, unfiltered honey from hives on Green Creek Drive in Columbus, in Polk County near the South Carolina line. It's a small beekeeping operation that markets straight to local buyers rather than through a storefront. Raw honey like this shifts in flavor by season and local bloom. Online details are limited, so ask locally to buy direct.

Rutherfordton

An agritourism farm along US 64-74A near Rutherfordton, in the Rutherford County foothills west of Charlotte. The 'Historic Farm' name suggests a heritage or event property, but public details online are limited. Contact the farm directly to confirm hours, tours, or events before visiting.

Melvin Hill Meats is a family farm and butcher shop run by Craig and Abby, raising grass-fed beef and lamb, pastured pork, and pastured chicken with no added hormones or antibiotics. Its on-site abattoir also handles custom cuts and wild-game processing. The farm sits in the Melvin Hill community on the North Carolina–South Carolina line, serving the Upstate.

Forest City

This you-pick berry farm sits on C.H. Hamrick Road near Forest City, in Rutherford County in the western Piedmont foothills. Strawberries typically start the season in spring, with other berries following into summer. Bring containers and plan to pick your own from the rows. Ripening and field conditions shift week to week, so confirm the farm is open before heading out.

Rutherfordton

Mill Spring

Sacred Harvest is an agritourism farm on Joy Lane in Mill Spring, Polk County, in the Blue Ridge foothills near Tryon. Details on its crops and offerings are limited online. Contact the farm directly for what's in season and open days.

Mill Spring

Caitlyn Farms is a 500-acre working farm at the base of historic White Oak Mountain in Mill Spring, North Carolina, hosting weddings, quinceañeras, and celebrations in the tranquil Blue Ridge foothills. The venue pairs an indoor barn with a covered pavilion, open-air patio, bridal suite, and cottage stays — rustic beauty with elegant refinement.

Mill Spring

Trickle Creek Farm is on Highway 9 near Mill Spring, in Polk County in the foothills of western North Carolina. This is Tryon-area horse and farm country between the Piedmont and the Blue Ridge. The farm keeps little online, so contact them directly to find out what they grow or raise and whether they're open to visitors.

Chesnesss

Strawberry Hill U.S.A., the James E. Cooley family's farm on Highway 11 near Chesnee, is the largest strawberry grower in South Carolina, with about 115 acres of berries plus close to 1,000 acres of peaches. The farm runs roadside markets and a cafe and ice-cream parlor, and sells blackberries, squash, cantaloupes, and beans in season along the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway.

Columbus

A Farmers' Market that operates in the winter, which focuses on local crafts, baked goods, and fall and winter produce.

Columbus

A farmers market that specializes in local produce, crafts, baked goods, and artisan goods.

Lawndale

Elliott Family Farms sits on London Road in Lawndale, in Cleveland County northwest of Shelby in the Piedmont foothills. It's a family farm in this upper-Piedmont farming country; specific crops, u-pick, or agritourism offerings aren't documented online. Contact the farm directly to confirm what's available and when.

Campobello

Honey producer on NC Highway 226 in the Golden Valley area of Rutherford County, in the western foothills. Local beekeepers here work hives among wildflower and sourwood bloom, which shapes the flavor of foothill honey. Public details are limited; contact the beekeeper directly about honey and any hive or farm visits.

Marion

Foothills Food Hub in Marion buys produce, meat, eggs, and more from over 80 farmers across McDowell County and Western North Carolina, then distributes it through monthly drive-thru events, pantries, and an online marketplace. Started in 2018 by the McDowell Local Food Advisory Council, it also runs the Marion Tailgate Market and moved more than 92,000 pounds of local food in 2023. Contact [email protected].

Shelby

Shelby Corn Maze centers on an 8-acre maze on Broadway Drive, open weekends from mid-September through November 1. Alongside it run a hayride to the pumpkin patch, u-pick flowers, farm animals, and more than 40 activities including a jumping pillow, zip line, and barrel train. A Trail of Terror haunted maze runs after dark. One farm admission covers most of it.

Landrum

The Landrum Farmers Market runs every Saturday from 8am to noon, April through December, in this Upstate town near the North Carolina line and the Blue Ridge foothills. Vendors bring local produce, crafts, and seasonal goods, and a holiday craft market runs from November into December. Kids can join the Little Sprouts Garden Club, which meets Saturdays at 10am.

Campobello

Peach Country sits on Highway 11 in Campobello, along the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway in northern Spartanburg County. This Upstate stretch is prime peach ground, and roadside stands here sell tree-ripened fruit through the summer harvest.

Lattimore

Lattimore Farms operates around the small town of Lattimore, in Cleveland County east of Shelby in the western Piedmont. The listing carries only a post-office box, and no crops, products, or visiting details are documented online. Contact the farm directly to learn what it grows and whether it welcomes visitors.

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.

Tryon

The county tourism office for Polk County, based on North Trade Street in downtown Tryon. Staff point visitors toward the area's farms, orchards, and horse country across the North Carolina foothills, including the Tryon and Columbus countryside near the Tryon International Equestrian Center. This is a visitor-information stop rather than a working farm, useful for maps and directions to local agritourism and pick-your-own operations before you head out to the land itself.

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.

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.

Nebo

A vineyard near Lake James on South Creek Road in Nebo, in McDowell County about 45 minutes east of Asheville. South Creek focuses on dry, Bordeaux-style red wines and pours tastings and flights, with outdoor seating and regular live music. The tasting room runs Friday through Sunday. Confirm hours seasonally before driving out.

Cowpens

Wompus Woods runs a seasonal haunted trail on Parris Road in Cowpens, in the Cherokee County foothills of Upstate South Carolina. Like most Southern haunt attractions, it opens for the Halloween season on fall weekends with a walk-through woods setup. Ticket prices, hours, and scare intensity vary year to year, so confirm current dates before making the drive out.

Morganton

Foothills Corn Maze runs a fall corn maze on Morning Star Church Road in Morganton, in the Burke County foothills. The farm sells pumpkins starting at $2 and hosts seasonal events, including an Apple Butter day in late October. Group visits are welcome. Current details are posted on the farm's Facebook page.

Boiling Springs

Hendersonville

An apple orchard on Sugarloaf Mountain Road in Hendersonville, at the center of Henderson County's apple country — the state grows most of its apples within a few miles of here. Little is published beyond directory listings, but the location and name point to a working orchard selling tree-ripe fruit through the late-summer and fall harvest. Call ahead to check picking and what's ready.

Boiling Springs

Hendersonville

Point Lookout Farms sits off John Delk Road in Hendersonville, in the Henderson County mountains south of Asheville. The listing includes no crop or event specifics, and no website is posted. The surrounding area is apple and mountain-produce country, with harvest running from late summer into fall.

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.

Campobello

Grow strawberries, peaches, apples, vegetables, sweet corn, melons, plums, nectarines, blackberries, blueberries, etc.

Inman

Johnson Farms sits on New Cut Road in Inman, in the peach-growing belt of northern Spartanburg County. Roadside farms across this stretch of the Upstate sell tree-ripened peaches, tomatoes, and summer produce from late spring through early fall. Public details on this farm are limited, so contact them directly for a current crop list and hours.

Lawndale

Deer Springs Farm sits on Shuford Lake Road in Lawndale, in the Cleveland County foothills of western North Carolina. No website or contact details were found online. Farms in this area commonly grow produce and raise livestock.

Boiling Springs

Hughey Farms is an agritourism operation on Asheville Highway (US 176) in Boiling Springs, a fast-growing community just north of Spartanburg in the South Carolina Upstate. Crop and visiting details weren't posted online.

Hendersonville

Henry Barnwell Farm grows apples on Grant Mountain Road in Hendersonville, part of the Barnwell family's Henderson County orchards. The family's Barnwell's Apple House, selling apples, peaches, vegetables, and fresh-pressed cider, dates to 1959 and now covers more than 80 acres. Reach this farm at 828-685-7371, or find the family stand online at barnwellsapplehouse.com. Apples ripen from late summer into fall.

Hendersonville

Henderson County produces most of North Carolina's apples, and Creasman Farms sits within that growing region on Bent Arrow Lane in Hendersonville. Fall is peak orchard season across the county. No website or contact details were found online for this specific listing.

Gaffney

Hendersonville

A Century Farm apple orchard near Hendersonville, worked by five or six generations of the Laughter family. The roadside market and pick-your-own rows focus on apples, from familiar varieties to newer releases, through the fall harvest. It sits in Henderson County's apple belt, the largest apple-growing region in North Carolina. Call ahead to confirm which varieties are ready.

Edneyville

The Apple House is Owenby Orchards' farm market in Edneyville, at the center of Henderson County, which grows most of North Carolina's apples. Expect fresh-picked apples through the fall harvest along with cider and local farm goods. Edneyville lines the orchard ridges just east of Hendersonville.

Edneyville

Wilkie's Orchard is in Edneyville, Henderson County, the center of North Carolina's apple country in the mountains east of Hendersonville. Orchards here grow dozens of apple varieties, with the main harvest running late summer into fall. The listing gives only a PO box, so contact the orchard to arrange a visit.

Casar

McNeilly Bee Farm produces local honey from hives kept in the Cleveland County foothills near Casar, where wildflowers, blueberries, poplar, and sourwood keep the bees working spring and fall. Supply is seasonal and sold through local channels, including Christie's Kitchen. This is a small apiary rather than a storefront, so honey availability tracks the harvest. Look for their listing on Visit NC Farms for the latest.

Edneyville

Circle L Farm grows Asian pears, more than 5,000 trees across roughly 50 acres, and sells them under the Pilot Mountain Pears name near Hendersonville. Picking runs from mid-August into late October, with both u-pick rows and pre-boxed fruit for people who'd rather not climb ladders. An on-site bakery turns out fried apple pies and turnovers during the season. The farm belongs to the Blue Ridge Farm Direct Market group.

Campobello

Thompson Family Farms sits on Highway 11 in Campobello, along the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Byway in northern Spartanburg County. This Upstate corridor is dense with peach orchards and roadside farm stands running through the summer. Contact the farm to learn what it grows and when it's open to visitors.

Hendersonville

A produce grower on St. Paul Road in Hendersonville and a member of the NC Apple Growers Association, which points to apples among what it sells. Henderson County is the center of North Carolina apple country, with the harvest running late summer through fall. The farm shows up on local grown-here and farm-to-door directories. Call ahead to check what's picked and ready before driving out.

Spartanburg

Hendersonville

HENDERSONVILLE

A pick-your-own apple orchard on Chimney Rock Road in Hendersonville, growing more than 25 varieties from Honeycrisp and Gala to Pink Lady and Granny Smith across Henderson County's apple country. An on-site bakery turns out apple pies, fritters, and cider donuts, and the farm store carries apple butter, jams, and gifts. A covered picnic and play area gives families a place to land.

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.

Spartanburg

Saluda

The Saluda Tailgate Market focuses on selling fresh, local produce, locally made crafts, and freshly made baked goods.

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.