In Good Heart Farm

In Good Heart Farm “Be joyful because it is humanly possible.” ― Wendell Berry We are a small, un-certified organic farm in Pittsboro, NC. We moved our operation here in June 2016.

We began In Good Heart Farm in 2010 on rented land in Clayton, NC. We are delighted to work the farm once worked by Bill Dow & all of his apprentices & students. We are grateful for the opportunity. We grow over 100 different varieties in annuals on about two acres & we are learning to manage about three acres in apples, pears & blueberries. We’d like to incorporate more perennials, like black ras

pberries, elderberries, asparagus, rhubarb & various herbs & spices. We’d also like to incorporate lots of different animals on the farm. We grow year round using various season extension tools, proper variety selection, & a few different marketing channels, namely CSA, markets & restaurants. We are passionate about growing healthy food for a healthy planet. We believe everyone has a right to chemical-free, GMO free food. This year, 10% of our membership were community members in need. We are able to provide partially and fully subsidized CSA shares to folks due to a variety of factors, but mostly, because our CSA members rock & they help pay it forward! We currently work Fresh Farm Foods for Healthy Kids to provide CSA shares to low-income families with young children. We also participate in cooking & nutrition programs to folks who can really use these programs paired with CSA shares from us. We helped found such a program, Farm it Forward, with partners such as The Interfaith Food Shuttle, Wake County Cooperative Extension, Advocates for Health into Action, & Wake Med’s Energize program. We currently, also accept EBT payments and are working on a system for offering more CSA shares with bi-weekly EBT payments. If you would like to contribute to our sponsored CSA share program for the 2018 Spring Season, you may do so via PayPal here. Our mission is to strive for healthier people, community, agriculture & planet by growing & sharing the best tasting food we can. In Good Heart has a lot of meanings, but we decided on the name based on the Old English use of the phrase. To say that the soil is in good heart is to say that it is healthy, in good cultivation, & in good spirit. To say that a person is in good heart is to say they are cultivating wisdom, courage & spirit. We feel that our farm name should represent our vision & we couldn’t think of a better representation of what we want to do & be in the world than in good heart.

Week 7 Spring CSA curated share 😎
05/29/2026

Week 7 Spring CSA curated share 😎

While we're joyously swimming in peas and roots veggies and greens, we're dreaming of the tomatoes and cucumbers to come...
05/25/2026

While we're joyously swimming in peas and roots veggies and greens, we're dreaming of the tomatoes and cucumbers to come.

This looks divine 😋
05/22/2026

This looks divine 😋

What a month it's been! We kicked off May with a Beltane celebration—complete with music and a May Pole dance. It was m...
05/17/2026

What a month it's been!

We kicked off May with a Beltane celebration—complete with music and a May Pole dance. It was magical. But that night, things took an unexpected turn when Ben's appendix decided it wanted to move on.

A burst appendix, surgery on Tuesday, and home by Thursday evening later... we're grateful to be on the other side of it. Ben's healing beautifully (and learning reluctantly that rest is important).

Meanwhile, I've traded my usual rhythm for some serious garden time. After my first 13-hour day in longer than I can remember, I wasn't sure if I'd made it through... but Tuesday morning I woke up sore, not broken. 💪

The timing could've been worse—we lucked out with mild weather all week, which meant I could ease back into the work without also battling the heat.

We're grateful for the outpouring of support from all of you, and so thankful Ben's mom came down for the week to keep things rolling. Yay for community supported agriculture ✨️

Here's the Week 5 curated share: strawberries, sugar snap peas, carrots, kale, lettuce, frisee, and radishes. Peak sprin...
05/16/2026

Here's the Week 5 curated share: strawberries, sugar snap peas, carrots, kale, lettuce, frisee, and radishes. Peak springtime ✨️

Y'all, the gardens are glorious! 🌿 I stopped midway to harvest to take this picture. Everything was just so dang pretty!...
05/14/2026

Y'all, the gardens are glorious! 🌿 I stopped midway to harvest to take this picture. Everything was just so dang pretty!. I've been admiring the abundant beauty all week—the sky, the green, the birdsong, all of it.

I'm so thankful the plants are weathering the drought. And somehow we're already in mid-May? I guess I forget each year how time slips by as the days get longer and the gardens fill in. It's wild how much changes in just a few weeks.

Today was a special day. Ebony is apprenticing at our farm via the sustainable vegetable production program and today w...
05/12/2026

Today was a special day. Ebony is apprenticing at our farm via the sustainable vegetable production program and today was her first day. And Lee, a graduate apprentice of the same program helped train Ebony at wash, pack, harvest today. How cool is that?! We're so grateful for organizations like that help grow the next generation of farmers. 🌱

For the first time, we're an option in one of the categories (category>retail > best locally made product)! 😎 We love al...
05/02/2026

For the first time, we're an option in one of the categories (category>retail > best locally made product)! 😎 We love all the other businesses listed there too - and we all offer wildly different things. Would love it if Chatham Magazine would add agriculturally focused categories (e.g., best farm destination, best farm for a wedding, best beef farm, best CSA, etc.) - but until then, please consider voting for In Good Heart Farm for best locally made product 😊.

Our annual poll is back! You can cast your ballot now for your local favorites. Voting ends at midnight on Friday, May 22.

The Spring CSA Week 3 curated share is spinach, arugula, frisee, radishes, lettuce, strawberries, and sweet potatoes (th...
05/01/2026

The Spring CSA Week 3 curated share is spinach, arugula, frisee, radishes, lettuce, strawberries, and sweet potatoes (the latter from ). All grown organically and with ❤️

The majority of our CSA members choose their own shares out of about 40 available options each week, but the folks who forget to order or prefer to be surprised got this one this week. 😋

We opened up a few more spots for this season - if you sign up now, you could order your first share tomorrow. See the link in our profile to sign uo or go to www.ingoodheartfarm.com/csa

Week 2 Spring CSA curated share 🍓: Spring onions, turnips, chard, strawberries!, arugula, spinach, lettuce, and cabbage ...
04/24/2026

Week 2 Spring CSA curated share 🍓: Spring onions, turnips, chard, strawberries!, arugula, spinach, lettuce, and cabbage from

Our strawberries are coming on fast and strong and may be an ephemeral fruit this season, so we're doing our best to make sure everyone gets a chance to have some. We're also doing some more talking about strawberries and their exciting future at our farm. More on that later...

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456 Friendly Pooch Lane
Pittsboro, NC
27312

Opening Hours

Tuesday 3pm - 5pm
Wednesday 4:30pm - 6pm
Thursday 3am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

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+19194170705

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