South Chestnut Farm

South Chestnut Farm A small local sustainable farm with grass fed cattle, pasture raised pork and pasture raised eggs in Chatham County, NC.

I started South Chestnut Farm in Chatham County, NC, about 7 years ago on land that has been in my family for at least four generations. Inspired by stories of successful small farms from across the country, I envisioned an opportunity to manage a 60 acre cattle farm in a sustainable and environmentally-sound manner while producing farm products for local customers. Today, we place top priority on

the health of our soil and grasses to produce eggs from pastured laying hens and 100% certified grass-fed beef from our small herd of Dexter cows. We use no growth hormones, no anti-biotics, no pesticides and no synthetic fertilizers on any of our land. We practice “managed rotational grazing” to ensure our pastures are never over grazed, are properly stocked and kept fertile by an ever-increasing amount of organic matter. To place guidelines on ourselves and to earn the confidence of our customers, we have earned certification from Animal Welfare Approved ( www.animalwelfareapproved.us) for the humane treatment of our animals, along with grass-fed certification for our beef from A Greener World (https://animalwelfareapproved.us/consumers/certified-grassfed-by-agw/)

We are currently hosting sales at The Holly Springs Farmers Market (http://www.hollyspringsnc.us/319/Farmers-Market) Saturdays from 8:30 to 12:30. We do deliver to the Raleigh/Cary/Apex areas weekly and are glad to have folks come to the farm for purchases (or just to visit) ... just call first to make sure we will be around.

05/01/2026

All, we will have the first of 2026 grass fed beef available tomorrow at the Holly Springs Farmers Market. And as always we will have a good selection of non-gmo fed pasture raised pork and non-gmo free range eggs available also.
Hope to see you there from 8am-12pm!

02/07/2026

Another weekend without the HS Farmers Market ... we are planning on filling some pre-orders tomorrow between 9 and 10:30am. If you are interested in buying tomorrow morning please let me know with a text, voicemail or email and i'll give the details. All contact info for all the aforementioned is on this page,
Thanks and stay warm!

PS We have lots of eggs!!

01/27/2026

Hope everyone is surviving in the cold!

There is a possibility the Holly Springs Farmers Market may get canceled again this weekend (1/31/26) ... and even if its not, it looks like the temps will be extremely cold on Saturday. With that being said, I am wondering if there is any interest in deliveries to the Holly Springs area prior to this weekend. We are getting a good supply of eggs now, still have a decent supply of pork before our next harvest and should have a good supply of beef by later this week (if the weather hasn't delayed the processing). Logistically, it would be nice if there were/are one or more meeting places so that all stops are not individual, however i know that may require more coordination than is convenient, so individual stops are not deal breakers.

Of course, it all depends on the interests of the masses, so let me know (the sooner the better!) by text (probably the best way), email or phone call (email address and phone number available on this page).

Thanks as always and stay warm!

08/16/2025

All, we will not be at the Holly Springs Farmers Market this morning. Many apologies for last minute post. Will be back next week, see then!

12/20/2023

In the spirit of the season, here's some "hickory Nutcrackers" of the 4 legged kind to keep you entertained!

Hope everyone has a great Christmas and holiday!

We have eggs! This is our latest group of free range, non-gmo fed, Animal Welfare Approved Rhode Island Red chickens, an...
12/20/2023

We have eggs! This is our latest group of free range, non-gmo fed, Animal Welfare Approved Rhode Island Red chickens, and they have started laying! If you're at the Holly Springs Farmers Market and need some eggs, come see us!

09/07/2023

FYI: We will be absent from the Holly Springs Farmers Market this weekend (9/9/23), we will be back next weekend however.
Thanks to all and take care everyone !!

03/24/2023

All, just to let you know, we will not be at the Holly Springs Farmers Market tomorrow (3/25). We will return next weekend,
Thanks!

05/20/2022

FYI: We will have a good selection of grass-fed beef (including ground beef) at the Holly Springs Farmers Market tomorrow (5/21/22). I anticipate there being significant demand/interest so if you are interested it would be a good idea to shoot me a line (text is probably the most reliable) to let me know what you'd like.
Also, and without going into a long explanation wrt beef supply and what we can produce responsibly (including processing availability), we're going to have to place a limit of a max of 3 pounds of ground beef per purchase ...will probably keep this in place for the next several weeks while the season's harvest schedule ramps up.
And last but not least, you'll probably notice some price increase across the board. Obviously, every spect of production cost is relatively high right now and we've tried to maintain (for the most part) steady pricing up until now, but the wave has finally caught up and we have no choice but to react to keep the boat at least at water level.
All that being said, a genuine thanks to all our loyal customers ... hope to see you tomorrow,
Roger

Here's few farm photos for those interested. Fall calves are coming, here's a photo of an Angus/Devon X not more than 8 ...
11/19/2021

Here's few farm photos for those interested.
Fall calves are coming, here's a photo of an Angus/Devon X not more than 8 hours old (ie still groggy enough to let me hold her head up for a photo). Normally the mothers are not too happy about this but the mother of this calf seems to trust me, however she was closely eyeing me.

The second photo is pretty obvious, some pigs on pasture happily looking for hickory nuts after we tossed about 3 pounds into their area.

The last photo is of a tractor and "no-till drill" planting annual ryegrass and clover into a filed of crabgrass-stuble. Planting with a no-till drill is a form of conservation tillage which requires only one pass with a tractor and allows planting with minimal soil disturbance. The goal and result is less chance of soil erosion and a net gain in CO2 sequestration.

11/18/2021

We will be at the Holly Springs Farmers Market this weekend with a limited number of smoked ham roasts (in the 3 to 4 pound range). These are hams from our pasture raised, non-gmo pork and are smoked without the addition of artificial nitrates/nitrites. And as usual will will have plenty of other typical pork cuts including bacon and pre-cooked ready to eat BBQ, along with a full selection of grassfed beef.

Feel free to call/text (919-539-7468) or email if you'd like to pre-order anything and receive a 5% discount on your order.

Thanks all and hope to see this Saturday!

Address

375 Wade Harris Road
Pittsboro, NC
27312

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+19195397468

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