Our first featured business is none other than the farm that supplies our eggs and almost all of the veggies that my family consumes each week! If you have never been to the Moore County or Cary Farmer's Market, you're certainly missing out! Please give a warm welcome to Ginny and Dave of Spahr's Produce Farm!
Ginny, can you please tell me a little about yourself!?
We're originally from the Pittsburgh PA area--Neville Island. 11 miles south of Pittsburgh in the middle of the Ohio River. Dave is from Glenfield PA--right across the river from Neville Island. Dave spent 20 years in the USMC and most of that time we were at Cherry Point,NC. He would be sent overseas and I stayed where we were with our children. (USMC does not have accompanied tours!) We lived on the NC coast--Newport--until we moved to Lillington in 1997.
/>What’s your business all about?
We offer fresh, free-range brown eggs, local honey, and a multitude of home-grown, hand-picked seasonal herbs and veggies that are grown either in the fields or by hydroponics. These products include English burpless cukes, peppers, squash, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, eggplant, zucchini, onions, potatoes, hydroponic lettuce, kale, and tomatoes at the Farmer's Market. We grow our vegetables without the use of any persistent pesticides or herbicides. After tasting our fresh produce, you'll be disappointed by the selection at your local grocery store!
How’d you come about being a business owner?
We have owned many businesses over the years. We had a light construction business, owned a pet shop, owned a tanning and toning salon, owned a Harley shop, owned a lawn care business, and here of late have a produce farm. With the encouragement of the Extension agent in Lillington, Dave formed and was the market manager of the Lillington Farmer's Market for about 11 years. He also formed and was the market manager of the Moore County Farmer's Market for about 10 years.
What’s your favorite thing about your business?
The thing we enjoy most in our current business are the friendships we have formed with our customers.
How do you balance being a mom and running your business?
Our son is our business partner!
Where can we find you?
We attend Moore County Market in Southern Pines, NC on Morganton Road on Thursday from 9AM to 1PM. We participate in this market all year round. At present, this is the only market Dave and I attend. Our son, Scott, attends Cary Downtown Farmer's Market located in the parking lot at 744 East Chatham Street in Chatham Square on Tuesday from 3PM to 6PM and on Saturday from 8AM to 12:30PM. He attends this market all year round on Saturday 8AM to 12:30PM.
Thank you so much, Ginny, for taking some time out of your busy day for us!
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