Rhodes Gap

A Neighborhood Embracing a Farm

Earthwise designed, installed, and manages the farm at this new Triangle subdivision that embraces sustainable development linking neighborhood, forest, and farm. Green homebuilding, resource conservation, native-plant landscaping, and local food production are core principles of the neighborhood design and function. With 35 mostly wooded acres, the developer dedicated one of the ten lots and one acre of common space to commercial organic vegetable production, as well as provided for key farm infrastructure including the wells and irrigation system.

Marketing is by Pickett-Sprouse of Durham and the homesites went on sale in fall 2009. The farm was designed and is being managed by the Earthwise Company, LLC. Click  here to see property listing.

Triangle Land Conservancy

Earthwise has partnered with the Triangle Land Conservancy to evaluate and design the 269-acre Irvin Farm, home of the Irvin Learning Farm project. The focus of this project gives children and teachers the opportunity to experience the outdoors, enhance their education, and instill a lifelong commitment to stewardship of the land.

We are also working with the Triangle Land Conservancy to evaluate other properties and explore their agricultural potential.

Eastern Carolina Organics

Through a partnership with Eastern Carolina Organics (ECO), we are coordinating the production of growers from across North Carolina. ECO serves as a produce and distribution network for local and organic farmers across the Carolinas. Our associates work with ECO staff to evaluate demand and work with growers to develop individual crop plans for products to sell through the company.

Earthwise Company associates are experienced in developing food system networks, as well as grower and manager owned LLCs.

Growing Healthy Food for a Healthier Community

Earthwise associates provide planning, technical and marketing support to New Life Community Development Corporation’s Agriculture Training for Job Creation and Farmland Preservation Project funded by the Golden LEAF Foundation. The project focuses on teaching people in the Albemarle Sound region of North Carolina how to grow organic vegetables in the winter in unheated greenhouses. A model farm of three 30x96 greenhouses will be established in Roper as a training facility and marketing and distribution will be supported through Eastern Carolina Organics. The first of 3 greenhouses will be built by the first of March and others to follow throughout the summer and fall. Entrepreneurial training will also be made available with the ultimate goal of launching multiple small scale farms that provide sustainable income for their operators, protect the environment, and support the community.

Join us for an Open House at this Roper Facility on March 11 from 6:00 - 6:30. Exact location of the presentation to follow the tour of the facilities is to be determined. Call 919-622-5897 for more information.

Dominica

The Dominican Organic Agriculture Movement (DOAM) is developing a local and organic food system for the island.Partnering with the Florida Association of Volunteers Active in the Caribbean and the Americas (FAVACA), we have secured funding from Jimmy Buffett’s Singing for Change Foundation for paid staff and an office as well as grassroots organizational training.

Earthwise Farm

A search is underway for a suitable site for a small farm to serve as the headquarters of production, teaching, and agro-tourism, as well as an incubator for sustainable and organic farming practices. In addition to the need for more local food production, there is an even greater need for raising awareness and skills surrounding the production, processing, and distribution of a safe and healthy food stream. A primary goal of the farm is to connect people to the earth and the systems that feed us all.