The Hub Farm

Farm

Durham, NC

The Hub Farm provides free pre-K–12 field trips across a 30-acre farm, forest, and aquatic educational center for Durham Public School groups.

  • Durham Public School field trips
  • pre-K through 12th-grade outdoor learning
  • hands-on agricultural education

Jireh Family Farm

Farm

Durham, NC

Jireh Family Farm sells pasture-raised chicken processed and refrigerated on-farm, plus grass-fed Angus beef and eggs in Durham.

  • locally sourced pasture-raised chicken
  • grass-fed Angus beef purchases
  • pasture-raised eggs

Herndon Hills Farm

Farm

Durham, NC

Herndon Hills Farm offers USDA-certified-organic pick-your-own blueberries, blackberries, muscadines, and scuppernongs from a family farmed for more than 200 years.

  • Picking USDA-certified-organic blueberries during the mid-June to mid-July season
  • Pick-your-own muscadine and scuppernong grapes across 10 varieties
  • Families seeking a pick-your-own farm experience

Bull City Farm

Farm

Rougemont, NC

Bull City Farm offers 100%-pasture-raised meats, Animal Welfare Approved lamb, year-round turkey cuts, and hands-on cheesemaking and sausage-making classes.

  • Customers seeking pasture-raised pork, chicken, turkey, or grass-fed lamb
  • Customers seeking heritage Standard Bronze or Bronze Broad Breasted turkeys
  • Customers seeking locally raised farmstead sausages

Elodie Farms

Farm

Rougemont, NC

Elodie Farms hosts 5-course farm dinners with goat encounters on a no-kill 50-plus-goat farm in Rougemont, North Carolina.

  • Adults seeking a farm-to-table dinner experience
  • Groups of 10 or more planning a private farm dinner
  • Visitors interested in meeting goats and touring a working farm

Hawk's Nest Healing Gardens

Farm

Durham, NC

Hawk's Nest Healing Gardens combines organic permaculture farming with Indigenous-perspective workshops and Mexico-based chinampas and ecological immersions.

  • Learning permaculture through an Indigenous perspective
  • Participating in hands-on workshops covering composting, cob building, terraces, and regenerative farming
  • Joining Mexico-based eco-immersions focused on chinampas, Maya farming, monarch conservation, or ecological stewardship

Heeks Farm

Farm

Rougemont, NC

Heeks Farm offers seasonal pick-your-own strawberries and berries on a 75-acre Rougemont farm using crop rotation and cover crops.

  • Picking strawberries from April through June
  • Picking blackberries in early June through early July
  • Picking blueberries from mid-June through mid-July

Holder Hill Farm

Farm

Durham, NC

Holder Hill Farm offers $18 admission including a hayride, corn maze, farm activities, animal visits, and one pumpkin.

  • families seeking pumpkin picking and fall farm activities
  • children interested in hayrides, corn mazes, and farm animals
  • school field trips and youth organization outings

MamaSprings Farm

Farm

Durham, NC

MamaSprings Farm grows chemical-free produce, microgreens, and cut flowers at its family-run urban farm in East Durham.

  • Chemical-free seasonal vegetables and fruit
  • Weekly microgreens such as pea shoots, sunflower shoots, and radish mix
  • CSA subscribers seeking local farm produce

Pura Vida Farms

Farm

Bahama, NC

Pura Vida Farms breeds FEI-focused dressage horses and ponies in Bahama, North Carolina, with veterinary expertise and radiographic screening for youngstock.

  • Riders seeking FEI-level dressage prospects
  • Trainers looking for young horses or ponies for future competition
  • Breeders seeking resident or frozen-semen sport horse stallions

Jubilee Family Farm

Farm

Durham, NC

Jubilee Family Farm offers no-spray pick-your-own and pre-picked blueberries, figs, and muscadines on 10 acres in North Durham.

  • Pick-your-own blueberries, figs, or muscadines
  • Buying no-spray seasonal fruits and vegetables
  • Farm eggs, jams, jellies, baked goods, granola, soaps, or herb products

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FAQ

Which Durham-area farm offers USDA-certified-organic pick-your-own fruit?

Herndon Hills Farm offers USDA-certified-organic pick-your-own blueberries, blackberries, muscadines, scuppernongs, and fall flowers. Blackberries are described as very limited.

When can I pick fruit at Durham-area farms?

At Herndon Hills, blueberries are generally available from mid-June to mid-July. Heeks Farm lists strawberries from April through June, blackberries from early June through early July, blueberries from mid-June through mid-July, and muscadines from mid-August through mid-September.

How much do farm field trips cost near Durham?

The Hub Farm lists field trips as free for Durham Public School groups and $10 per participant for non-Durham Public School groups. Visits need to be scheduled rather than treated as unscheduled general-public visits.

Where can I buy pasture-raised meat near Durham?

Bull City Farm offers pasture-raised pork, chicken, and turkey, along with 100% grass-fed lamb; its lamb is Animal Welfare Approved. Jireh Family Farm sells pasture-raised chicken and eggs plus grass-fed Angus beef.