OUR STORY

Carter Dodd began farming in 2012, changing careers after managing a music venue in Athens, GA. What started as a hobby garden turned into a passion for the whole Dodd family. For the first three years Carter and his wife Shelley ran Diamond Hill Farm as a two-person team. In 2017, the Dodds moved to a new home in East Athens and began farming on the 9 acres adjoining their property, planting vegetables and a small orchard with fruit trees and muscadines. Soon after, Diamond Hill started leasing land a few minutes down the road, expanding their production capacity even more. In more recent years, the farm’s focus has shifted to encompass specialty cut flowers while continuing to grow over 100 varieties of vegetables. Today the farm has more than a dozen employees, many of whom work year-round growing the produce and flowers that you see at markets in Athens and Atlanta!

Diamond Hill Farm’s philosophy is grounded in a strong sense of community— with customers, friends, other farmers, and employees of the farm— and a firm belief that locally, sustainably grown vegetables can’t be matched in quality and flavor by mass producers.