Good Agricultural Practices

How We Grow

Transplanting Spring Crops

The majority of our produce is grown on our farm in Taylorsville, NC. We believe in being open and honest with our customers and building relationships that last; based on faith and trust. We are not an organic farm. We use a mixture of both sustainable and conventional practices to produce the best tasting strawberries, blueberries, and mixed vegetables that we can! 

We use only Non-genetically modified seeds and transplants for our crops. We utilize both synthetic (man-made) and  non-synthetic (natural) pesticides as part of our Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program as needed: when a foliar disease or insect infestation damages our crops to an unacceptable level. We spray about every 7-14 days during the peak of the summer season. We always observe the label recommendations for post spray harvesting. There are some crops, like lettuce, Swiss chard, and green beans that we do not spray much, if any; due to the Pre-harvest Interval (PHI) being too long. The PHI is the amount of time, designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that you have to wait to harvest, after a crop is sprayed. So, we just opt to not spray Leafy Greens or spray very early with beans.) We are careful with the products that we use on our produce. Our biggest reason is that our family eats our produce right out of the garden!

Starting in the 2016 season, we began moving toward becoming more sustainable. A couple of ways that we have done this by implementing the following: spring compost application and cover crops for building soil structure and nutrients.  We are always looking for new ways to improve our produce, while becoming more sustainable during the process.

COVID-19 Best Management Practices

The virus does not remain viable on dry, hard surfaces (tables, boxes, bins, etc.) more than 24 hours, and survives much less than that on organic, moist surfaces like fruits and vegetables. We will use approved sanitizers for all surfaces that our workers or customers come in contact with, on a regular basis throughout the work day.  

Our harvest crew is vaccinated. Our sales crew and satellite location representatives may or may not be vaccinated. They will wear a face covering, if they are not. We will not allow workers to come to work with a fever or cold/flu symptoms. We have a small work force and cannot afford for us all to be sick or the chance of making our customers unwell. Our job is to help you build your immune system with our fresh produce and it is more important than ever! We are taking it very seriously!

Before starting the shift, workers will wash their hands with an alcohol based hand sanitizer or soap, for at least 20 seconds, prior to handling produce OR they will wear gloves. 

We will wear gloves, when handling money and/or sanitize our hands (with an alcohol based hand sanitizer) in-between transactions. 

Our Satellite Locations will be drive-thru style or walk-up. 

While we work, we will maintain separation of 6 feet or more, as recommended by the World Health Organization. When we cannot maintain separation, we will work facing away from each other.