Our Farmers
DUANE GIBSON JR. – GIBSON BERRY FARM, GREENE COUNTY
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The Gibson Farm has been family owned and operated since 1991. The farm consisted of chickens, goats, fruit orchards and vegetable garden. In 1998 the blueberry orchard was planted as a family project. In 2011 a tornado came through Camp Creek and wiped out the old orchard, both barns, and removed the roofs off the outbuildings. The main blueberry patch was spared, but an expansion patch was destroyed. The farm became Certified Organic by the USDA National Organic Program in 2016.
Ford and Amanda Waterstrat – Sustainable Harvest Farm, LAUREL COUNTY, KY.
sustainableharvestfarm.com
Sustainable Harvest Farm is a USDA Certified Organic farm producing organic vegetables, pastured beef, pork products, and items such as tomato juice, salsa, dried peas and cornmeal vegetable farm in Laurel County, KY. This farm was grown out of a dream formed by a West Coast man and his Kentucky native wife and their mutual love of the outdoors, wholesome food, environmental stewardship and rural community life. They began selling their produce in 2010 and in just a year they became the first USDA-Certified Organic Farm in their area.
hillary and paul doucet – Broken Shovel Farm, knox county
We’re a small, family farm. We grow healthy food with sustainable practices. Broken Shovel is a lovely small farm located in the rolling hills of South Knoxville. Farming is done using no-till practices, no plastic and all produce is watered and harvested by hand. The farm also functions as a wonderful homeschool learning environment as there is always an opportunity to learn something new. Broken Shovel farm also has goats and chickens who assist with the weed control and bees to help pollinate. A wide variety of herbs is offered as well as fresh garlic, onions, cucumbers and more.
Riverdale Nursery, knox county
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Riverdale Nursery, LLC is an 18 acre wholesale nursery located just east of downtown Knoxville Tennessee on the beautiful French Broad River. The nursery is owned by Mark Burch and Debra Taylor who have operated the nursery for over 25 years. They grow select annuals, perennials, herbs, vegetables, shrubs, and vines. The plant varieties grown are chosen carefully, selected for interest, historical significance, beauty, and reliability. Their attention to detail and personal involvement in every aspect of their nursery sets them apart as growers of some of the finest quality plants available.
Sarah Brudecki – Sarah’s Spice & Posies, knox county
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Urban farm located at the Center for Urban Agriculture in Knoxville’s Botanical Gardens. Sarah’s Spice & Posies supplies fresh cut flowers, peppers with extra kick, herbs, and more.
Spencer Mountain mennonite farms, Van Buren County
A large set of Mennonite families make up Spencer Mountain Mennonite Farms in Van Buren County. Moved here from Kentucky, they once grew for our co-op neighbors, Good Foods Co-op in Lexington. Now located on the plateau near Fall Creek Falls, they’ve got a lifetime of natural growing practices with which to provide our store with winter squash, sweet potatoes, melons and more.
Steve Todd – Neubert Springs Gardens, knox county
Steve Todd is a world traveler and brings his experience with global food flavors to his farming. Since 1988 he, his wife Kate and their family have been sustainably farming in South Knoxville – just ten miles from our store. They focus on standard and more eclectic varieties of greens, like tatsoi, komatsuna, and all manner and color of lettuces. They also provide the store with a variety of beautiful vegetables like radishes, broccoli, Hakurai turnips, and uncommon potato varieties such as red gold, purple majesty, and garnet.
