About the Farm

Mistwood Acres is a budding farm from two young farmers. We are a new small local farm focusing on sustainability and providing low carbon emission food to the area. We focus on animals that provide for us, and also giving them the best life as they give us so much as well. All of our animals are free range during the day, with ample space at night in areas that are locked up for safety. All of our meat is raised in pasture/wood amongst other animals. Larger cuts of meat (cows, pigs, goats, sheep) are butchered at a local halal place

 

Cindy Perez González

A native Spanish speaker raised in Spain and of Cuban descent. She has had extensive experience in the teaching world and plans to expand that onto the farm by creating dynamic and creative programs. Currently, in grad school for clinical counseling at UNC, she has a vision of resting a therapeutic farm for victims of intimate partner violence and at-risk youth. She currently working on implementing and training for an equine facilitated facility for mental health.

 

We are planning on expanding our community outreach and offering different events locally to move these projects forward.

 

Michael Patlovich

A software engineer by trade Michael wears many hats on the farm. He is very passionate about the environment and self-sustainability. He is involved in all of our building and gardening practices along with implementing more sustainable and accessible practices, by slowly reducing our carbon footprint we have transitioned to solar and wood-based power sources. We also use a variety of compost and recycling methods to reduce household waste.

 

Michael loves milking, canning, and tanning. He excels at learning all new things about homesteading, living off the land while being environmentally conscious, and reusing and repurposing as much as possible.