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Our Story

About Carlton Hill Farm

Carlton Hill Farm is a one-acre, owner-operated farm in Parkersburg, West Virginia. We built it from scratch with one goal: to feed ourselves and our community without depending on systems that profit from keeping people reliant on them.

We started by growing food for our own table, learning how to provide for ourselves through small-scale, sustainable agriculture. That same independence now allows us to offer fresh, local food to our community at prices that make sense, free from corporate markups and marketing gimmicks.

What We Offer

We raise and process our own rabbit, chicken, and quail meat. We collect and sell farm-fresh eggs. We grow seasonal produce and cut wildflowers straight from the field. We also offer nutrient-rich rabbit manure to help gardens thrive. Everything we sell is raised or grown here, handled from start to finish by us, never outsourced.

How We Work

We do the work ourselves from raising and processing to packaging and selling. We keep it all on the farm to avoid middlemen, keep prices fair, and maintain control over quality. Our animals are raised with care, our crops are grown without shortcuts, and nothing leaves the farm without meeting our standards.

Why We Do It

Exit farming is about more than food. It is a choice to step away from industrial food chains, unstable supply systems, and corporate jobs that trade your time for their profit. It is about building independence, producing what we need, and starving the systems that do not serve us while feeding the people who matter most.

Our farm’s journey and philosophy are at the heart of Exit Farming: Starving the Systems That Farm You. The book tells our story in full, from leaving corporate life to building independence inch by inch, animal by animal, fence post by fence post. It is both a personal record and a guide for anyone who wants to live outside the systems that exploit them. You can read more about Exit Farming on our blog post. Interested in the book? You can buy it directly from us.

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