In 2014 we turned over the dirt of just 5 acres in Limestone, TN at the confluence of Little Limestone Creek and the Nolichucky River, and there began our River Creek Farm. We produced enough food for our seasonal feature menu at our first location of The Main St Pizza Co in Johnson City and distributed farm shares to about 20 members in our first year. We've grown substantially in our farm share operation, found footing with our second Main Street Pizza downtown restaurant location in Kingsport, TN, excelled in catering services serving up Johnson City’s annual farm to table dinner, and added a new restaurant close to the farm in Chuckey, County Line Pie.
We choose to farm as a sustainable solution for increasing the amount of local, seasonal foods consumed by our community. We grow & distribute year round to increase food stability, accessibility to freshly harvested, cleanly produced foods; to reduce fossil fuels required for long distance transportation; to keep sales within our local economy; to support independence from a cross-continental food supply chain; to support small farmers and businesses; to encourage the use of sustainable growing practices over conventional methods; to improve the nutritional value of the food on our plates.
Our growing practices
We stress that we sell clean, responsibly grown, local produce as priority. Things we do not use: chemical fertilizers, chemical herbicides, chemical pesticides, or GMOs. Things we do use: Dr. Bronner's peppermint castile soap, cayenne pepper, garlic, row covers, crop rotation, companion planting, encouragement of beneficial species, compost, worm castings, Dr. Earth organic soil amendments, bloodmeal, cover crops, mulching. We grow food that we eat ourselves.
