Every spring, local farmers open their farms to visitors during the Piedmont Farm Tour. Visitors can learn about sustainable agriculture and farmstead cheese, see baby animals, gather eggs, and enjoy the beauty of Piedmont farms. They can meet the people who grow their food and see how it is grown.
About the Tour
The tour began in 1995 and is the oldest and largest of its kind in the nation, drawing thousands of farm visits each year. It is co-sponsored by Weaver Street Market and the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA). This year’s tour features 33 farms.
More information here.
The Piedmont Farm Tour is April 26 & 27!
The Piedmont Farm Tour is the perfect way to meet your local farmers and learn about the Triangle’s local and organic farm and food scene.
Tour tickets (BUTTONS) purchased in advance are $35 per car for ALL farms, ALL weekend.
ONLY $25 for Weaver Street Market Owners!
Your button is your pass – good for a CARLOAD of people. Buttons and farm tour maps will be available at all four Weaver Street locations starting Friday April 4.
To learn more and to purchase a button now online at the CFSA.
Weaver Street Owners use promo code WSM25 to get your button for $25.
Volunteer!
CFSA recruits volunteers to help check in visitors at the farms. Volunteers receive a free farm tour tee shirt and a button to tour farms on the day they are not working. Volunteers make it possible! Sign up to volunteer on CFSA’s website.
ON THE TOUR: Sankofa Farms, Cedar Grove, NC
Kamal Bell & Amber Bell
Sankofa Farms is centered on solving issues involving food security for African Americans by offering an educational program for students through their agriculture academy. They also offer various educational opportunities for members in the community, and a program called Bees In The TRAP, which allows participants to develop a unique relationship with honeybees. Visitors will hear the story of Sankofa, get a chance to tour their apiary, and get a peek in the caterpillar tunnels! Available for purchase on the tour: kale, beets, carrots, and salad mixes.
So grab your family and friends and get your Farm Tour Button (ticket) today!