Source: Cindy Kunst, MOUNTAIN XPRESS, 11/12/17

Plateau Farm stands atop a ridge on the Biltmore Estate’s west side and includes an eclectic mix of buildings from different time periods. Bill Alexander, Biltmore’s landscape and forest historian, says Plateau Farm was one of several family farms that lined a public road built in the 1850s between the location of current-day Biltmore Village and Bent Creek. In the shade of the farm’s old oaks, a herd of young Berkshire pigs recently acquired from a heritage breeder in Lexington is foraging for acorns. 

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