Farm Fresh Berries in Moore County
Tucked away in the dreamy long-leaf pines of Whispering Pines, Niagara Carthage Road is home to Miller Peters Farm. Starting in 2023, Jennifer Peters began to cultivate the soil on the land’s beautiful rolling hills, in an environmentally conscious way, planting cover crops to produce nutrient dense soil, planting her produce digging hole by hole herself, utilizing compost, hand by hand moving any crop harming pests out of the way, committed to zero use of pesticides. She even took up beekeeping to introduce more pollinators!
After a couple years, the blueberry and strawberry crops began bearing fruit. Jenn pursued authenticity, quality, and a nurturing nature with her farming process, so when you eat our produce, that is as clear as day in every bite. Our family farm has a story behind it, one that continues to unfold on the farm every day, with the nurturing practices we use to care for the soil and the local ecosystem.
Food tastes better when what’s fueling it is far greater than a financial bottom line, attempting to grow as much as possible, the cheapest way possible, as fast as possible.
At Miller Peters farm, our attention is on every step of the journey. We care about the process, the berry itself, and the person eating it. We understand that the choices we make are rooted in something much bigger than us.
Every Bite Brings You Back Down To Earth
Every aspect of our fruit matters, and we take pride in sharing its journey from farm to table with you. Everything is grown using OMRI approved and natural amendments. We use rye as a cover crop to capture nutrients from deeper in the soil, which are then stored in their bio-mass, and once they decompose, the organic matter increases and those nutrients are accessible for our main crops to thrive in.
Our approach is intuitive, so instead of showering everything with pesticides like big industry farms, we keep an eye on the status of our small scale farming, gently removing pests by hand before they get too comfortable. Mulching prevents weeds from growing, instead of dangerous chemicals like roundup. Huge farm businesses endlessly extract from the land with their practices, without thinking about the impact on quality or on the environment. Picture vast dry fields and huge large scale equipment.
When you visit our farm in peak season you can expect to see an intentionally sectioned off piece of land, only using what we need, and a landscape teeming with life. From deer, bunnies, and foxes frolicking nearby in the surrounding woods, and toads, salamanders, spiders, bees, ladybugs, and all kinds of flora and fauna on the farm. You’ll see a couple wheel barrels, shovels, gardening gloves, and Jennifer smiling from ear to ear, with her two basengis, our beloved farm mascots.
2026 is the launch year for Miller Peters Farm, and words can’t describe how excited we are to feed our community! We have a vision and plan to serve Moore County directly, with an open farm format, in three years, but in the meantime, you can find our tent at Moore County Farmer’s Market on Wednesdays from 3 pm to 6 pm. Miller Peters berries are carried at local businesses in Southern Pines and Pinehurst, all of which will be listed below as we finalize all our partnerships!
Smaller Is More Significant
Bigger Is Better
We believe farming practices are not separate from the food itself, they are the food. A blueberry doesn’t come from nowhere. It carries the story of how it was grown. The soil it came from, the care it received, the environment it lived in. The question becomes, which story do you want to eat?
This farm is rooted in a mission to share something that had a lasting impact on Jennifer’s life: experiencing the taste and quality of intentionally grown food. The most impactful food comes from the finest, freshest ingredients, grown with care from the ground up.
This farm is an extension of that belief and of a personal mission to bring life back to a chapter of our family’s history, a family farm that is not just for now but one that can exist for generations. As farmland continues to disappear, we believe small farms will play an essential role in the future of food by preserving the health of the soil and offering an alternative to systems built on genetically modified products, glyphosate, and practices that degrade the land and contribute to climate change.
By supporting this kind of farming, you become part of a shift toward something more thoughtful and enduring. Our hope is that when you experience what we grow, you feel happy, satisfied, and connected not just to your food, but to the local agricultural community around you.
