The Farmers' Daughter
2025 verified ยท 2026 TBA๐ Taylorsville, North Carolina
๐ฝ Corn maze๐ Pumpkin patch๐ฅฉ Beef๐ Chicken๐ฆ CSA shares๐ฅ Dairy๐ฅ Eggs๐งบ Farm stand๐ฏ Honey๐ฅ Pork๐ฅฌ Produce
| Season & 2026 dates | In its entry in the USDA CSA directory the farm gives a share season running May to December. |
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| Farm food | ๐ฅฉ Beef ๐ Chicken ๐ฆ CSA shares ๐ฅ Dairy ๐ฅ Eggs ๐งบ Farm stand ๐ฏ Honey ๐ฅ Pork ๐ฅฌ Produce |
| How to buy | Got to Be NC, the state directory, publishes this description: "The Farmers' Daughter is a strawberry and mixed vegetable farm and an open air, NC Certified Roadside Stand founded in 2008. Owners, Amy and Jason Douglas own and operate the farm, along with their new indoor, NC Certified Roadside Stand/Country Store, complete with an ice cream parlor and deli, which opened in 2022.On the farm side, the Douglas' grow approximately 3 acres of already picked strawberries. Plus, approximately 10 acres of seasonal mixed vegetables. They have a 50+ member CSA that has been in operation since 2009. They also team up with Amy's family farm, Morning Dew Farms, LLC to provide squash, zucchini, snap beans, cucumbers, and blueberries to their community and the southeast region. In the fall of 2024, the Douglas' will be expanding the agritourism aspect of the farm, by bringing back fall school field trips, and adding family farm fun activities, hayrides to the pick-your-own pumpkin patch and a corn maze!The Country Store is open year round, with a couple of breaks for rest and resetting. Please call (828) 312-8137 for store hours, as they change seasonally. The deli has a large selection of build-your-own fresh sliced deli sandwiches and hot specialty sandwiches. The ice cream parlor serves hand-dipped, Riverbend Creamery and Dairy Farm (Lincolnton, NC) ice cream.The country store showcases local, NC products throughout the year, including: dairy (milk, Amish rolled butter, cheese, goat cheese, and farm fresh eggs); frozen pastured beef, chicken, and pork; canned goods: jams, jellies, pickles, and sauces; dry goods: cornmeal mixes, flour mixes, etc.; body care: goats soap & lotions, soy soaps, and body oils; herbs: dry seasoning mixes and herbal teas. Not to mention, the Farmers' Daughter of Alexander, LLC: strawberries (April through mid-June), greenhouse tomatoes (April and May), field tomatoes (June-October), cucumbers, squash, zucchini, & sweet onions (May thru October), eggplant, okra, peppers, & green beans (half runners and snap beans) ( July thru October), blueberries (July-August); lettuce, carrots, & beets (May-June); and cabbage, collard greens, & kale (May-June and October-January). Plus, if they don't grow something, they source it locally from approximately 10 Alexander County farmers/gardeners.Our mission is to provide healthy, garden fresh produce to our community. You won't find a family that works harder to do just that! The majority of the produce sold in our country store is grown on our farm in Taylorsville, NC. We believe in being open and honest with our customers and building relationships that last; based on faith and trust. We are not an organic farm. We use a mixture of both sustainable and conventional practices to produce the healthiest and best tasting strawberries, blueberries, and mixed vegetables that we can!" Products as the directory lists them: Beef, Blackberries, Greens, Strawberries, Blueberries, Corn, Peppers - Variety, Sweet Potatoes, Watermelons, Apples, Broccoli, Nectarines, Peaches, Tomatoes, Cabbage, Cucumbers, Onions, Potatoes, Zucchini, Beans - Variety, Cantaloupe, Eggplant, Pumpkins, Squash, Collard Greens, Greenhouse Vegetables, Canned / Jarred Goods, Honey, Eggs, Fruits, Vegetables, Strawberries, blueberries, mixed vegetables. |
| Practices, in the farm's own words | grass-fed |
| Tillage & soil | This farm has not published how it works its soil, so we are not going to guess. If you farm here, tell us and we will add it. See the farms that do say. |
| Prices | School field trips are $15 a student with teachers free: a pumpkin patch tour for Pre-K to 2nd grade and an environmental science trip for 3rd and 4th grade, both Monday to Friday from mid-September to the end of October, and a strawberry picking tour for Pre-K to 2nd grade from mid-April through May. Each includes a tractor-drawn wagon ride and runs about two hours. |
| Good to know | Hours as the directory publishes them: Please call or check our website for hours.. How it sells, as the directory records it: Retail / Direct to Consumer, Farmers Market. The state directory publishes the town and postcode for this farm but not a street address. The farm is open Tuesdays and Thursdays 4pm to 6pm, and also runs local pickup spots. |
| Address | Taylorsville, NC 28681 |
Before you go
The questions farms get asked on the phone, answered from what this farm published itself. Anything it does not publish is left out rather than guessed.
- What sort of hayride is it?
- tractor-drawn "Tractor-drawn wagon ride"
Verification
Last verified 2026-09-10 against these sources:
- gottobenc.com ยท https://gottobenc.com/find-local/
- gottobenc.com ยท https://gottobenc.com/member-list/the-farmers-daughter/
- usdalocalfoodportal.com ยท https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com/fe/flisting?lid=201618&directory_type=csa
- usdalocalfoodportal.com ยท https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com/fe/fdirectory_csa/
Seasons move with the weather. Check the farm's site or socials before visiting, and tell us if anything here looks out of date.