Eat Right.
Love Yourself.
Happiness starts with farm-fresh food.
Our Story
Dairy farmer’s daughter meets dairy farmer, and the rest is history!
But really! Meet Thad and Gayle. Their people. Their cows. They are the parents of six kids, stewards of a gorgeous piece of farmland in Wirtz Virginia, and followers of Jesus.
Our Products
Our desire is to connect you to locally produced products, including our own!
We carry over thirty local producers items that are made or grown within a 60-mile radius of our farm and are thankful to have the opportunity to support and promote those products.
We believe in redefining the word "local" so that you are spending your money here in Franklin County!
Our Practices
We take soil health seriously here! It's the "root" (pun intended) of what we do to ensure that we have healthy crops, animals, and people.
Our perennial grass-based system feeds our cattle and chickens on a rotational cycle.
What People Are Saying
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Trisha Soranno BurrellFlat iron steak with homemade chimichurri sauce. Came out great. Steaks from Melvin’s Farm To Fork Store and they were AMAZING. Tender and soooo good. I need to stop by soon, Gayle!!!
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Susan Wheeler SmithWe had The Best Dinner ever tonight. Sarah made us Smoke In Chimneys Rainbow Trout that we got from Melvin’s Farm To Fork Store. Cooked in the oven with lemon, salt & pepper, garlic, and a splash of olive oil. What we didn't eat straight off the bones, we used to make Fish Bowls with cabbage slaw, rice, avocado, corn, sriracha mayo, red onion. Oh. My Word. So stinkin' good.
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Alison Hamblin RolleyThe Smoke in Chimneys rainbow trout was excellent. We fixed it 3 different ways… lightly seasoned pan fried, pan fried with butter and capers, and grilled in foil packet with fresh herbs. Delicious.
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Evan LaymanWe tried the trout last night at a friends house. It is superb in flavor. The trout farm did it right in raising the trout and what they fed them. 10 times better than what is stocked in our streams. Thanks for having these available for them to purchase and us help enjoy!
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Karyn MeddersShort ribs & spare ribs from Melvin’s Farm To Fork Store on the smoker today for dinner with the young Hodges family. Calvin added a braising bath to the short ribs of homemade canned concentrated beef broth & a pork demi glacé, red wine, the spice rub & Worcestershire sauce. He glazed the spare ribs in butter & maple syrup, both from Melvin’s. Smells good up in here!
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Teresa McPherson PagenWe’re gonna make a big pot of goulash with your ground beef! Made lasagna with it for Christmas Eve! It was delicious!!
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Tiffany Hudson HodgesWould you look at those beautiful yolks! If you don't get your eggs from Melvin’s Farm To Fork Store , you are truly missing out.
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Linda Hayden TaylorThe lettuce from Four Oaks Farm lasts lots longer than lettuce from Kroger, and it tastes better!
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Chelle Hubble WeemsGrits were delicious and pretty!
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Tiffany Hudson HodgesIf you have not tried their butter, you are seriously missing out! I can and do sometimes just eat it right out of the tub! Deliciousness in a tub.
