Freedom Acres

05/22/2023

Something Extraordinary is Brewing: Our Hot Sauce Release is Just Around the Corner!

Brace yourself for a flavor explosion! Our soon-to-be-released hot sauce is a harmonious blend of heat, depth, and complexity. Prepare to embark on a tantalizing flavor journey that will leave you craving more. Stay tuned for the official launch date and be part of this culinary revelation! 🌶️✨

03/10/2023

03/10/2023

It was an honor to be able to host these veterans and industry partners at the farm! Lots of good information was put out and overall everyone had a great time. Can’t wait for the fall class.

08/25/2022

If you know, you know.

Here’s the final prototype for our next production run of The General’s Hot Sauce caps (they’ll also be black too).

No more scratches.

05/16/2022

02/01/2022

Since 2011, the Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund has awarded more than $1.5 million to veterans in their beginning years of farming or ranching.

01/06/2022

I’m pretty late in sharing this with y’all but I’m super excited to announce some fantastic news for Freedom Acres. Last spring we were awarded the Farmer Veteran Coalition Fellowship Fund grant to build a high tunnel greenhouse on the farm.

Along with that, Ft. Jackson’s Army Crop of Engineers donated 2 old 300 gallon water blivets that were no longer serviceable for the installation. These blivets will be used to gravity feed water in the high tunnel for our plants and to provide radiant heat to the high tunnel during the winter. And go figure, fast Freddie is still standing😂, some will get it!

The high tunnel is a 20x36 High Tunnel Greenhouse from The Green House Company, Jaderlon, here in Columbia. My fellowship fund award paid for the high tunnel, poly cover and a 30% shade cloth. Shade cloth and poly are not pictured, I have them inside until we are ready to install. I will be framing in the ends with one side single entry 36” door and the other double barn door entry for equipment to enter.

We did the lasagna method of a variety of organic materials at the end of last season to create a new composting soil bed which will be topped off with a custom blend of organic top soil from Earthen Organics in Easley, SC. Our seeds are third generation seeds from the original plants we started with.

None of this would’ve happened if it wasn’t for the Farmer Veteran Coalition Fellowship Fund Grant. This high tunnel will allow us to grow year around and aid in production of more products out of our delicious, yet super hot, Carolina Reapers!

Huge thanks to the Farmer Veteran Coalition and all of its industry and veteran partners, the SC Chapter of The Farmer Veteran Coalition, Project Victory Gardens, Rutter’s Ranch, Matson Consulting, SC Department of Agriculture, ACRE, Certified SC, and everyone else that helped us along the way!!

If your a Veteran in the agricultural industry or looking to start up a farm, the Farmer Veteran Coalition has amazing folks, great resources and industry partners providing outstanding support. The fellowship fund grant application is open, go check it out at https://farmvetco.org/fvfellowship/

I hope you continue to follow our farming journey and I look forward to sharing more about the high tunnel very soon.

11/23/2021

Best sauce on the market, hands down! Go get you some, I guarantee you’ll love it!

Look who's back in town. 3-Star Ammo Crate gift boxes are ready to ship.

https://www.generalshotsauce.com/collections/our-products/products/the-generals-ammo-crate

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

10/16/2021

6 pounds of beautiful organically grown Carolina Reapers about to be delivered to Carolina Wings in Ballentine, SC.

Homegrown by Heroes, Certified SC Grown, Farmer Veteran Coalition, SC Chapter Farmer Veteran Coalition.

10/14/2021

I wish I could make one of these classes but unfortunately knee surgery has me down. I have a feeling tickets will go fast so if you are interested you should jump in this opportunity.

10/13/2021

As you know our goal at Freedom Acres has always been to get our products into a hot sauce and into a wing spot. We already sell our peppers to a local Veteran owned hot sauce company and today we took the giant step into the wing biz. This Saturday we will make our first delivery to Carolina Wings in Ballentine, SC. If you are up to the challenge swing by their restaurant and taste our peppers on their legendary hot wings!