Ivy Creek Family Farm was born 12 years ago when a neighbor of Anna and Paul Littman’s offered them a quarter of an acre to borrow for a garden. Loving to grow any and all plants, they quickly and easily filled the soil with greens, tomatoes, flowers, and more. The plants responded to their care, and weekly harvests far exceeded their needs. Today, Ivy Creek Family Farm operates from a 38-acre piece of land, 25 minutes north of Asheville. Anna, Paul, and their staff of four intensely farm eight of those acres to grow vegetables, flowers, fruit and shiitake mushrooms using ecologically sound and organic practices. Ivy Creek sells produce to restaurants, at two tailgate markets, to CSA members, and at the on-sight farm stand. During the height of the season they work six days a week to keep plants healthy and happy.