Vendor Spotlight: Patrick Farms – A Family Legacy Growing Strong in Winder, Georgia

Charlene and Miles Patrick

Patrick Farms is the kind of place where history is woven right into the soil. Owned by Miles and Charlene Patrick, the farm has been in the Patrick family for generations. In the 1970s, the farm opened its fields for the first time, offering you-pick collard greens to the community. That simple beginning quickly grew into a beloved local tradition, filling family tables from October through early January. Today, the Patricks are growing more than 6,000 collard plants, along with broccoli, cauliflower, mustard and turnip greens, two types of cabbages, and crisp lettuce. They also grow a wide array of summer crops, including their summer tomatoes.

The family farm spans 8 acres, with an additional 2 acres across the road and currently has about 4 acres under cultivation. In 2017, Miles and Charlene officially opened their summer produce stand, beginning with surplus okra and summer vegetables from their personal garden. Now they grow a bounty of summer produce, including thousands of pounds of tomatoes, carefully selecting varieties that balance impressive yields with exceptional flavor.

To keep their produce at its best, the Patricks have built smart, innovative systems: a heated greenhouse for starting seeds, a high tunnel, a specially built walk-in cooler to hold summer vegetables at the perfect temperature, and a ripening barn where each tomato is monitored until it’s perfect, ready for the farm stand.

Patrick Farms is more than a place to shop, it’s a partner in the community. A Georgia Grown member

and part of the Barrow County Farmers Market since 2022, they also supply fresh produce, especially lettuce, to Barrow County Schools. Each spring, they share their carefully nurtured seedlings through an annual plant sale that neighbors look forward to year after year.

When you support local farmers like Patrick Farms, you’re doing more than buying produce—you’re preserving local food diversity and helping ensure that future generations have access to food grown right here at home. The flavor, freshness, and care that come from a family farm simply can’t be replicated by major grocery chains.

Our local farmers care deeply about their land, their crops, and their community. When you feed your family local food, you’re also feeding the roots that keep your community strong.

Follow Patrick Farms on Facebook and Instagram for updates on what’s growing, farm stand hours, and a behind-the-scenes look at life on this treasured Winder farm.