The Pack House

In 2021, AJ applied for and received a small grant from the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission which is a program of the University of Mount Olive. We hit the ground running and never looked back.

The Pack House was AJ’s great grandfather’s “Pack House.” That meant where they packed the tobacco to go to market. They would bring the tobacco from the curing barns to the pack house to grade it and tie it before hauling it to the market. We saved every old board we could, adding more wood and use a old Pepsi cold box we found in the barn as our check out.

Half of this barn is where we pack boxes to ship and the grant helped pay for shipping scales and electrical and lighting. The other half we turned into our storefront — if you can call a old barn that kind of leans a store!

On the farm

We really wanted our customers to feel like they were at the farm so we didn’t dress it up too much. From sawdust to cowsh*t, these old barn floors have seen it all and we hardly have to sweep since the dust falls right through the cracks in the floor. Our Pack House was our storefront for years but recently has changed to our full time packing and shipping facility. This is also where you can pick up your online orders.

The Pack House
5014 Northwest Road Leland, NC 28451