# @chapelboronews on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-04-16T19:18:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Chapelboro.com (@chapelboronews) — https://gondola.cc/chapelboronews

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When the Maple View Farm and Milk Company announced in 2021 that it was shutting down, many people mourned not being able to get fresh dairy products from the rural Orange County business.

The former Maple View land is now Union Grove Farm, a major investment from a local venture capitalist who has a grand vision for the area.

Union Grove Farm majority owner Greg Bohlen says his farm approaches things differently than many others. Bohlen, who is known for running Union Grove Venture Partners and for having early investments in businesses like Beyond Meat and Poshmark, is a fifth-generation farmer. But he’s taking an approach he says is more sustainable, environmentally friendly, and – frankly – palatable than traditional methods.

“We are the first certified regenerative table grape farm in the United States,” says Bohlen, “which we are proud of. We don’t use any of the ‘cides’: no pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, or fungicides.”
As its name suggests, regenerative farming aims to restore or improve the quality of soil where its crops are grown. For Union Grove Farm, that means using cover crops and treating the soil with its own vermiculture compost mix. Bohlen said his business partnered with Weaver Street Market locations and the Orange County Schools district to collect food waste, which is then given to hundreds of thousands of worms that create a nutrient-rich mix later sprayed onto the vineyard fields.

To better share an understanding of regenerative farming, the Union Grove Farm team opened and operates the Center for Regenerative Agriculture on its property. 

The style of farming is not the only ambitious venture Bohlen is making with Union Grove Farm. The vineyard’s goal is to grow a new type of table grape developed by a Hillsborough resident and former grape breeder for N.C. State, Jeff Bloodworth.

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📸: Photo via Meredith Saybye
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