Cedar Grove Farm

Cedar Grove Farm, located in Oglethorpe county near Stephens, GA, is a family run operation. Jay and Marlene Payne and son Dylan are working with the goal of building a sustainable, organic farm to provide healthy, fresh, great tasting produce to the locavores in the Athens area. The farm is a 95 acre tract with currently 3 acres in garden and includes the family home, a small pond and the remainder in pasture and woods held under a Georgia Conservation Use Assessment.

The garden continues to be a work in progress with a wide variety of fruits and vegetables grown year round plus fresh eggs from a small flock of free ranging chickens. The selection of produce is tailored for the local Saturday morning Athens Green Market and Athens Locally Grown internet co-op including basic favorites such as salads, greens, tomatoes, okra, beans, squash, spinach, zucchini, eggplant, strawberries, figs, raspberries, melons, etc., etc. A couple of peoples’ choices in our first several years at the market were the fresh shelled black eyed peas and butter beans. An asparagus bed has been planted that will produce a first harvest this spring and a hoophouse has been put into operation for growing a variety of salads, spinach and arugula through the winter.