BBL Plants / BunnyBuddy Life—Offers pollinator-friendly perennials, and native plants and shrubs for low-maintenance, wildlife-friendly gardening and non-traditional landscaping, as well as a wide range of fruiting trees and plants for your food plot, including: a variety of semi-dwarf fruit trees, elderberries, raspberries, currants, blueberries, figs, and more. Also offers consultations and plants for rain gardens, pollinators gardens, and general landscaping.
- CFSA members receive 10% off. Contact BBLplants@yahoo.com.
Cedar Grove Law—P
rovides legal services in North Carolina and Tennessee to entrepreneurs, family businesses, agribusinesses, hemp and CBD businesses, farmers, growers, artisans, artists, authors, landowners and stewards, and equestrians. Handles business formation, contract negotiation, land use, agritourism contracts, and disputes. - CFSA members receive a 15-minute complimentary consultation with an attorney. Additionally, CFSA members receive a one-time, $200 discount on legal work valued at $1,000+. Just mention “CFSA” you when you schedule your consultation.
Country Farm & Home (Pittsboro, NC)—Provides everything you need to keep your homestead or small farm growing! NC-grown and milled non-GMO feed, lawn and cover crop seed, plants and organic starts, produce packaging supplies, a full array of organic gardening and farm supplies, irrigation and fencing, spring chicks and poults, bulk topsoil, compost, and hay, beekeeping and small livestock supplies.
- CFSA members receive one waived delivery fee per year for deliveries on Country Farm & Home’s established routes. Delivery routes are expanding! If you don’t see one in your area, fill out the delivery survey. Birds, plants, and bulk soil/compost not available for delivery.
dpeg Marketing Company: Develop, Plan, Execute, and Grow—At dpeg Marketing, we craft custom, creative websites, blogging, email, and social media marketing for equine, farm, brewing, tiny home, and agritourism. You’ve built an audience, but are you fully leveraging your connections? - As a CFSA member, take advantage of our introductory marketing package, valued at $300, for just $225! Here’s what you’ll get:
- FREE 30-minute consultation
- One 500-word newsletter/blog post tailored to your business, plus 11 additional content ideas
- Email layout and design template ideas for an educational campaign
- One follow-up meeting to discuss marketing strategies
- Learn more about dpeg Marketing for CFSA members.
Farm Generations Cooperative GrownBy—The first farmer-owned marketplace for buying and selling locally grown food. Each purchase is a direct transaction between the farmer and consumer, with no third party facilitating the sale. The app is designed by farmers and has scalable features for every farm, including CSAs and custom direct sales. There are no start-up fees or subscription fees. - CFSA members receive five hours of personalized set-up time with GrownBy's award-winning support team. Redeem by contacting grow@farmgenerations.coop.
Farm Trader is an innovative online farmers market platform that bridges the gap between farmers and consumers, enabling direct sales of meat, produce, services, equipment, and land. In partnership with the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, we are thrilled to offer their members free lifetime access to Farm Trader.
- CFSA member select the "Partner Program" subscription and use the promo code "FreeSignup" to join the community and start connecting with buyers and sellers today.
Fifth Season Gardening Co.—
Offers a full-service garden center experience with a focus on organic gardening, indoor growing, houseplants and homesteading. Fifth Season store locations include: Asheville, Carrboro and Charlottesville, as well as online at fifthseasongardening.com.
- CFSA members receive a 10% discount for purchases over $50.
Good Agriculture—
Handles the “indoor activities” like financial management, marketing, and grant applications so farmers can do more of what they do best – farming!- CFSA members receive a free month of financial management or marketing services (up to $250), just mention your CFSA membership.
Johnny's Selected Seeds—Johnny's Selected Seeds has served farmers by providing superior seeds, tools, information, and service since 1973. Everything they sell has been rigorously trialed on their organic-certified research farm in Maine and with partner growers across North America. A 100% employee-owned company offering only non-GMO seeds, all Johnny's products have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. - CFSA members receive 5% off orders. Use code 25-9971 when submitting your order by phone or online. Offer cannot be applied to the purchase of gift certificates. Offer does not apply to shipping charges and cannot be combined with any other offer or discount.
MyTS is a solution that empowers your company to
meet the market requirements while connecting you with the perfect buyers for
your business and products. As CFSA members you gain free access to our Premium
subscription, offering a range of features: 1) MyQMS – Streamline Documentation: Take
control of internal documentation, ensuring audit readiness, and seamlessly
share information and documents with buyers, consultants and auditors. 2) MyTS Advanced Search: Connect with the
right buyers, consultants and companies in just few clicks. 3) My Pre-Check: Get a competitive edge with
our exclusive and user-friendly MyTS pre-check, enhancing your visibility and
skipping the queue.
Store It Cold—Makers of the CoolBot, which can transform your farm's storage space into a walk-in cooler.
Seven Springs Farm Supply—Supports farmers of all kinds
with effective, ecologically-sound solutions, quality advising, and superior service. Offers a large selection of organic fertilizers, growing mixes, animal supplements, pest management, deer fencing, bird netting, row covers, and organic cover crop seed. Full catalog online. Nationwide shipping. - CFSA members receive a 7% discount which can be used online during checkout with the discount code CFSA7, or over the phone (800) 540-9181 while placing an order with the sales team.
SolFarm Solar—Full-service solar energy company located in Asheville, NC, that serves the Southeastern United States. Offers consultation, system design, installation and service for solar photovoltaic energy systems. SolFarm is devoted to providing a simple, streamlined solar experience to its customers. - CFSA members get assistance accessing a variety of grants and programs for solar installation including: 30% tax credit, additional 10% for domestic content, additional 10% if you're near a coal field or part of a brownfield site, REAP grant for 50% of system cost, and grants for services & installation.
Tangaza.io—Empowering local farmers and vendors, Tangaza seamlessly facilitates the online sale of fresh produce, simplifying the process for both you and your customers. With intuitive features, customers can effortlessly schedule convenient pickup times, ensuring a hassle-free experience. Tangaza also offers CSA management, inventory management, multi-farm store website, allowing collaboration with fellow farmers. While our standard offer provides new subscribers with a 3-month free
trial, we're thrilled to extend a 6-month FREE trial on our Standard Plan
exclusively for CFSA members!
Go
to
tangaza.io/pricing and
launch your online farm store with our Standard Plan. Then, reply to the
welcome email to let us know that you are a CFSA member.
Tar River Trading Post—A North Carolina retailer specializing in hard-to-find products that support a sustainable lifestyle, including an NC-made grub composter.
If you have a source of food waste, offal or manure, you can quickly offset your purchases of store-bought feed by growing huge quantities of grubs for your chickens or fish. Self-reliance meets sustainability meets recycling meets insect farmer! - CFSA members receive $50 off a 4ft Homestead ProtaPod Grub Composter (retail: $350 plus shipping). Mention CFSA membership when contacting Tar River Trading Post: trtpllc@gmail.com. Includes free setup and operational phone support.
The Farm Board—H
elps do-it-yourself local regenerative farms and farmers markets attract sales with confidence and resilience while establishing a local reputation with local-values aligned, efficient marketing practices. The Patio Farmer—
Provides consultations, installations, maintenance services, and education to meet people where they are in their food growing journeys. Based in Charlotte, NC. Education subscriptions are open to everyone, no matter where you live in the Carolinas, or beyond. - CFSA members save 15% when they join Plant Club SOW ($11.90 / month, CFSA member rate) or Plant Club KNOW ($24.65 / month, CFSA member rate). Plant Club by The Patio Farmer is a monthly subscription service designed to give home food growers an in-depth and "next level" learning experience with monthly support and education.
Vermont Compost Company—Crafts living soils and compost-based amendments to support healthy, productive plants from seed to harvest. Our community of growers consider us a valuable resource for cultivation advice. All products are approved for use on organic farms by Vermont Organic Farmers (VOSF), the certification branch of NOFA-VT.
- CFSA members receive 10% off their order with code CFSA10. This offer excludes shipping and cannot be combined with other discounts. Start your order here.