Welcome to the Greater Davidson County Local Food Guide, your go-to resource for fresh, local, and sustainable food!

🌱 Explore Our Local Farms and Farmers Markets– Discover the hardworking farmers and markets that bring fresh produce to our community.
🍅 Gardening & Seed Exchange – Learn tips and tricks for growing your own food, sharing seeds, and cultivating a thriving garden.
🥦 Food as Medicine – Unlock the power of nutrition and discover how wholesome foods can support your health and well-being.
🥗 Delicious Recipes – Get inspired with mouthwatering recipes using fresh, locally sourced ingredients.
🥫 Preserving & Storage Tips – Learn techniques for canning, fermenting, and storing your harvest to enjoy year-round.

Join us in celebrating local food, healthy living, and sustainable practices! Dive in and start exploring today!

Why Advertise?

• Wide Distribution: Over 2,000 copies of the Greater Davidson County Local Food Guide are distributed at farmers' markets and key locations, ensuring high visibility.

• Targeted Audience: Reaches consumers who actively seek fresh, local food, supporting farms, markets, and related businesses.

• Community Engagement: Strengthens the local food network by connecting farmers, health centers, and tourism initiatives with residents and visitors.

• Boosts Business: Increases awareness and sales for farms, markets, and local health initiatives by directing traffic to their locations.

• Supports Agritourism: Encourages tourism committees to promote farm tours, markets, and food-related events to attract visitors.

• Health & Wellness Promotion: Local health centers can highlight nutrition programs, wellness initiatives, and local food benefits.

• Affordable & Effective Advertising: A cost-effective way to market directly to a local and engaged audience looking for fresh, local farmers and fresh food.

Fall/Winter 2026:

DEADLINE DATES COMING SOON!

Please email all applications to: foodguide@davidsoncountyfood.com

DIRECTORY GUIDELINES

We provide free listings in the Local Food Guide for local farmers and producers. To protect the integrity of our guide and ensure it truly highlights our region’s agriculture and craftsmanship, we only include products that are locally sourced. Items made from mass-produced or imported materials, such as those from overseas manufacturers, are not eligible. Our goal is to keep the guide focused on products that genuinely support and strengthen the local food system.

Free Local Food Guide Text Listings

The Local Food Guide provides free text listings for local farms, food producers, and select value-added agricultural businesses that strengthen the regional food system. The primary focus of the guide is to connect the community with businesses involved in growing, raising, producing, or processing local food and agricultural products.

Because space is limited, free listings are generally reserved for agriculture and food-related businesses. Craft vendors and artisans may be considered only if their products are closely tied to local agriculture or are made primarily from locally sourced farm products or materials.

You could also add a simple eligibility note like this:

Priority for Free Listings

• Farms and ranches

• Food producers and processors

• Bakeries using local ingredients

• Value-added agricultural businesses (jams, honey, dairy, etc.)

• Agricultural products made from locally sourced materials

Not Eligible for Free Listings

• General craft businesses with no direct connection to local agriculture

• Resellers or wholesale vendors

• Mass-produced or imported goods

• Businesses whose primary products are not food or agriculture-related

This wording makes it clear that the guide's mission is centered on local agriculture and food systems while giving you flexibility to limit free craft listings. It also leaves room to offer paid advertising opportunities to craft vendors if you choose.

Example Free Text Listing

Farm Name
1234 Country Road, Hometown, NC | 336-555-1234
website.com | Facebook: @farmname | Instagram: @farmname
Family-owned farm specializing in seasonal produce, flowers, and pasture-raised meats.
Where to Find Us: Farm Store, Community Farmers Market, Regional Farmers Market

Where to find Local Food Guides?

Want to Become a Local Food Guide Distribution Location?

Thank you for your interest in helping distribute the Greater Davidson County Local Food Guide! Community partners like you play an important role in connecting residents with local farms, food producers, and resources.

Due to staffing and delivery route limitations, distribution locations must be within or near Thomasville and Lexington, NC. We are able to accommodate a limited number of locations in Rowan County and currently maintain one distribution location in the Winston-Salem area as part of our existing delivery schedule.

If your organization is located within our service area and would like to be considered as a distribution site, please complete the form by clicking the link below.

This version explains the geographic limitations without sounding restrictive and makes it clear that delivery capacity is based on your existing routes.

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