Our Incubator Businesses

The Incubator Farm provides access to land, commercial kitchen space, laboratory space, equipment, housing, and support, to local farm, herbal, and food businesses. In 2022 we have a variety of businesses operating at Patterson, contributing to the community we are building and the local economy. Check out their products and businesses below!

Earthworks Farm-to-Table Catering

Chef Ed Winebarger specializes in high-end catering, using produce grown on his 7-acre organic farm in his menus. A Johnson and Wales graduate with over 20 years of kitchen experience, Earthworks Catering is available for custom, epicurean catering all over the High Country. Chef Winebarger offers Custom Catering Menus, Gluten Free Catering Menus and Vegetarian Catering Menus. earthworkscatering.com

Adara Collective

Adara Collective is a small herbal company located in Happy Valley NC, founded in 2020 by two herbalists, Aranyani Notestine and Dillon Dalrymple.

Their mission is to restore natural medicine traditions through herbal coaching, education, and the use of natural products, incorporating their combined knowledge from the Eastern and Ayurvedic herbal practices while also honoring the Cherokee & Appalachian medicine traditions. Their vision is to see communities take a balanced approach to healthcare, integrating herbal medicine into their daily lives as a routine, a ritual, and a preventative for chronic illness.

Currently they provide hourly wellness coaching sessions and a range of products that are wildcrafted and handcrafted in the workshop and greenhouse. Be on the lookout for Adara to host workshops in the year to come, all info can be found on their website at adaracollective.com 

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Field Lab 7

Founded by Brian Duncan, the primary research of Field Lab 7 surrounds the advancement of agricultural and renewable technologies, with a special focus on the continual growth and evolution of Hemp markets. Field Lab 7 is developing relationships with other teams in agricultural and scientific disciplines who share the same overall direction and desire for innovative solutions. fieldlab7.com

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