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June 15, 2011
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Locals find fresh home-grown
produce at Deer Creek Farms
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BY LAURA CORLEY
Deer Creek Farms is surely one of the best
kept secrets in Monroe County.
Tucked away in a field on Jenkins Road, just
off of Rumble Road, the Peed family runs a quiet
but rapidly flourishing business.
“We are best known for our blackber
ries,” Seth Peed said as he looked over
his crops.
Peed said he grows tomatoes, sweet
corn, blueberries, strawberries, yellow
squash, squash, zucchini, cantaloupe
and watermelons.
Originally from Statesboro, Peed
moved to Forsyth in 1987 and graduat
ed high school from Monroe Academy.
After college at Georgia Southern, he
worked at The Farmers Bank for a
year and then dove back into his true
calling: farming.
“I’ve always worked in the nursery
industry or the fruit industry in some
way either in production or nutrition,”
Peed said.
Although Deer Creek sells fruit
freshly pre-picked and cooled under an
open tent beside the farm, it gives its
customers the option of picking their
own fruit from the fields. Peed says
the blackberries are a popular choice
for pickers because you can drive a
stroller down the row with ease and
there is little bending over involved.
As well as at the farm, their produce
is available for purchase at the
Mulberry Market in Macon on
Wednesday afternoons and at the
Wesleyan Market every other
Saturday.
If you have ever had Grits Cafe's sig
nature summer appetizer, the Fried
Green Tomato Napoleon, you've
already tasted a locally grown fruit
from this farm. Deer Creek sells fresh
produce to local restaurants such as
Jonah's, Natalia's, Fountain of Juice
Backburner and several others, and is
hoping to expand business and deliver
to more independent restaurants.
“Grits was our first customer,” Peed
recalls, “and they've been super folks.”
Peed says he likes working with
independent restaurants because is
able to speak directly with the owners.
He says he delivers to his restaurants
a few times a week, keeping them
stocked with the freshest of produce.
Deer Creek Farms is open from 8
a.m. until 7 p.m. On Tuesdays,
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Seth Peed lives in Macon with his
wife, Amy Peed, whom is an audiologist at an
ENT office in Macon.
“This is about 3 full time jobs. We'd like to, one
day, make it an 8 or 9 month business and
expand to more restaurants.” Peed said.
Seth Peed,
owner of
Deer Creek
Farms, offers
fresh, locally
grown fruits
and veggies
to all comers.
(Photo/Laura
Corley)
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