Source: Taylor Parrish, NCDA&CS, 8/27/21


Pace Family Farms in Clayton is not only focused on providing high-quality products for their customers, but also educating the public on the importance of farming and eating local. Michelle Pace Davis is the sixth generation on the family farm and has been involved with agriculture since she can remember. “I majored in agriculture education at N.C. State University and worked as an ag teacher for three years before returning home to the family farm,” she said, “and even though we all love farming, our true mission is to educate the public and help them get to know their local farmer.”

Pace Family Farm was started in 1914 as a tobacco farm. In 2016, the family started transitioning to grow strawberries and fully switched to produce in January of 2019. Today they grow a variety of produce, including strawberries, squash, zucchini, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, eggplant and kale.

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