Jamie and Amy Ager

Our mission is to connect sustainable agriculture practices, our family history, and our customers by sharing the family farm experience and serving as an example of healthy land stewardship while providing high quality ethically raised meats. At Hickory Nut Gap Farm you will find animals raised in their natural outdoor environment-pigs in the woods, cows on pasture eating grass and clover, multiple species grazing together, drinking clean spring water and living the good life. We now have access to over 200 acres of pasture and therefore increasing the number of livestock we will raise this year. It is an exciting time to be a grass farmer in Western North Carolina. We are proud to provide local food that is good for the health of our environment and our local community.

Our meat has the flavor and tenderness past generations took for granted. Hickory Nut Gap Meats' beef and lamb are grassfed and grass finished. Grassfed beef and lamb are lower in total fat and abundant in "good fats" such as Omega-3 fatty acids and Conjugated Linoleic Acids.

Over the last nine years we have developed unique production techniques that are healthy for the animals and the people living on the farm. We are proud to say that our animals are raised with care without implanted growth hormones or antibiotics.

Farming with the seasons allows us to maintain a healthy diverse ecosystem. The animals are rotated around the farm in a high density, short duration grazing fashion during the warm months. This eliminates overgrazed pasturelands and concentrated manure areas, keeping the springs and creeks clean, while promoting aquatic biodiversity.

57 Sugar Hollow Road
Fairview, NC 28730
828-628-1027
www.hickorynutgapfarm.com
jamie@hickorynutgapfarm.com
amy@hickorynutgapfarm.com