Haw River Mushrooms

Haw River Mushrooms, LLC grows edible and medicinal mushrooms at our small farm in Saxapahaw, NC operated by Ches & Laura Stewart, our toddler twins (AKA the CEOs), and our small but mighty production and farmers market staff. We started growing as hobbyists in 2012. At the time, we were beginning farmers looking for our niche. We farmed for a year as incubator farmers at Ayreshire Farm in Pittsboro - North Carolina’s first certified organic farm (Now called “In Good Heart Farm”), growing diversified produce. As we learned more about mushrooms, we became passionate about learning more about their culinary diversity (there are mushrooms that taste like chicken, some like crab, some like lobster, earthy mushrooms, steaky mushrooms, and more) and their amazing health benefits we soon found we were hooked. By 2014, we made the switch from diversified produce to focusing exclusively on mushrooms.