Vanessa Frias and her family raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW)…
Join us at the Eastern Triangle Farm Tour!
This coming weekend (September 19th & 20th) the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association will hold its 4th Annual Eastern Triangle Farm Tour. Visitors will be able to tour 20 different farms in the Raleigh, NC area with the purchase of one $25 button. Each button admits a full carload, so pack your friends and family in and come see where your food comes from! This year’s tour features three Animal Welfare Approved farms (listed below) and an urban chicken walk hosted by Doug Brown, the farmer behind Animal Welfare Approved Fowl Attitude Farm in Cedar Grove, NC. The walk will take place at Durham’s SEEDS garden (stop #1) at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Meet Animal Welfare Approved staff and farmers at these stops on the tour:
#8: MAE Farm – Mike and Suzanne Jones raise pastured pigs in Louisburg
#10: Rare Earth Farms – Karl Hudson and Mann Mullen raise grassfed Black Angus cattle in Zebulon
#18: Dew Dance Farm – Laura Young & George McRae raise sheep for fiber and sell eggs from free-range, pastured laying hens in Sanford
Download a pdf of the farm tour map, which also has information other area farms on the tour and explains how to purchase your tour button. Hope to see you there!