I could have learned a lot by working on another farm first.” “We went into this business cold,” Isaac said. It had 2.5 cultivatable acres, and in autumn 2009 Isaac readied an acre for planting the following spring. Kevin bought a parcel of land near his home. The more we talked about it, the more we got excited.” “We started talking about starting a CSA. “We both liked to garden,” Isaac said of himself and his father. Harmony Ridge began in 2009 when Isaac Oliver lost his construction job in Washington State and moved with his wife Holly to North Carolina, where his father Kevin lived. But it wasn’t always so sustainable, productive and robust. It also serves as a broker for other produce and livestock growers in North Carolina and Virginia. In addition to selling about 25 different types of vegetables grown on the farm, Harmony Ridge sells eggs from its 2,500 chickens as well as farm-raised pork and duck. The farm has a CSA and markets to restaurants throughout the Old North State and beyond. TOBACCOVILLE, NC – Harmony Ridge is a produce and livestock farm in North Carolina’s northern Piedmont.
