Local Food Guide

Eating seasonally is a great way to get connected to your farmers and community. There are several definitions of local the USDA defines local food as food grown and transported fewer than 400 miles or within the same state. The NCDA and Cooperative Extension uses state boundaries to define local food. This publication clarifies the current research around local foods and its impacts on environment, health, and community.

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Boxes

A CSA is a direct, food-share partnership between You and your Farmer. CSAs are great for people who are adventurous in the kitchen, the vegetables or meat from the farm is what the farmer has available or what was harvested from the field that week. 

Northwest Land & Cattle

Northwest Land & Cattle Meat Subscription Box

Northwest Land & Cattle offer monthly or every other month subscription boxes with a variety of pasture-raised beef and pork products. Boxes are meat only and includes a recipe.

Feast Down East

Feast Down East CSA

Feast Down East offers a variety of subscription options, including half and full box sizes for 6 or 10 weeks. They also offer the addition of a meat or egg addition.

Pickup locations: Leland, Wilmington, Surf City, Burgaw

Red Beard Farms

Red Beard Farms CSA

Red Beard Farms offers an egg addition and offers pickup locations in Wilmington and Willard.

Terra Vita Farms

Terra Vita CSA

Terra Vita CSA offers eggs as part of their subscription and has pickup locations in Castle Hayne and Wilmington.

Markets With Locally Grown Products

You can find local products at farmers' markets and farm stands.

Heritage Fresh Market - Supply & Ocean Isle Beach

Heritage Fresh Market sells seasonal produce from their farm and a variety of local and artisan foods, frozen take-and-bake meals, local meats and cheeses, baked goods, coffees, and teas as well as our own private-label jellies, jams, salsas, and more.

Locations:

Flagship

20 Sellers Road

Supply, NC 28462

910-253-1330

Heritage Annex

6838 Beach Drive

Ocean Isle Beach, NC 28469

Belville Riverwalk Park Farmers Market

Fresh seafood from Seaview Crab Company (year-round) and seasonal produce at the Belville Riverwalk.

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Greenlands Farm - Bolivia

Farm stand located at 668 Midway Road in Bolivia, seasonal market based on availability. You can call 910-253-7934.

Indigo Farms Market - Calabash & Myrtle Beach

Indigo Farms on-farm market is open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays year-round and has a wide selection of fruits, vegetables, our produce grown in fields with organically based management practices, jams, local honey, sorghum molasses, cornmeal, butter, hoop cheese, elderberry syrup.

Location:

1542 Hickman Rd. NW

Calabash, NC 28467

Honey Island Farms - Ash

Honey Island Farms is a local, sixth generation family farm focused on providing our customers with the highest quality beef.

Knox Family Farm - Bolivia

Knox Cattle-N-More, specializes in fresh farm raised USDA processed Angus beef cuts, pork and more.

Phone: (910) 512-3394

Location:

585 McKay Rd SE

Bolivia, NC

Lively Grove Farms - Bolivia

Small, family owned pick your own berry farm. They also have a small farm stand you can visit their Facebook for availability.

Livingston Creek Farmers Harvest - Freeman

Open year-round, our produce market features local, home-grown fruits and vegetables. The seafood market is stocked with a huge variety. Sample delicious canned jams, preserves and butters. For more informationclick here to visit their website.

Northwest Land & Cattle - Leland

Northwest Land & Cattle is owned by fifth-generation family farmers raising cattle, crops, and kids in southeastern North Carolina. Their Pack House is the only place they sell their single cuts. You can find their beef, pork, and a few other local products.

Location:

5014 Northwest Road

Leland, NC 28456

Shelton Herb Farm - Leland

Shelton Herb Farm is a century farm that sells herbs, vegetables, fruit trees and bushes, native plants, and more.

Location:

340 Goodman Road NE

Leland, NC

Buzzy Beez Farms - Leland

Small honey and bee farm in Leland. You can visit their website to learn more.

Feast Down East Mobile Market - Location Varies/SNAP Double Bucks

Feast Down East operates as a food hub, so they aggregate food from multiple small farms across eastern NC. The mobile market is one of their outlets for this produce. The mobile market visit Brunswick Senior Resources in Shallotte, Supply, and Calabash.

They accept SNAP/EBT (food stamps), credit/debit, and cash. They participate in the Fresh Bucks program for SNAP/EBT customers. For every dollar you spend, they'll match it up to $25 in Fresh Bucks – aka... 50% off EBT purchases up to $50!

Click here to view their schedule here.