Steward Farms · Metro Atlanta · Franchise Opportunity
Most homeowners pay to maintain a yard that returns nothing. A Steward Farms franchise converts that same space into a productive, pesticide-free blackberry operation — no farming experience required.
Learn How It WorksThe Market
Blackberries are as nutritious as blueberries — and in several measurable categories, more so. Yet the domestic supply cannot keep up with what consumers want.
The U.S. fills that gap with imports, often grown under pesticide practices that the USDA found on 91% of conventional blackberry samples in 2023. Fresh, pesticide-free, locally grown blackberries are not competing with the grocery store — they are offering something the grocery store cannot match.
Blackberries also generate more revenue per square foot than blueberries. Fresh market blackberry operations produce higher yields per acre at a slight price premium, making them one of the most space-efficient fruit crops available to a small-footprint grower.
What Steward Farms Provides
You bring the land. We bring everything else — quality plants, a technology platform that manages customers automatically, targeted local marketing, and a fully managed option so you never have to work in the heat.
Why Now
Most people mow their yard every week and pay property taxes twice a year. Both cost money and return nothing. We changed that. Now we are expanding.
A blackberry planting is not an overnight crop. Canes take two to three seasons to reach full production, and a well-tended row keeps yielding for fifteen years or more. The value of starting is highest today and drops with every season you wait.
The demand is already here. Our first Marietta planting sold out its first season with more interest than it could supply. Open ground and an unmet local market is a short window.
We are not waiting. We are building now. And we are looking for people who think the same way.
The Proof
Steward Farms began as an experiment — a single blackberry crown in a Marietta backyard. The first season sold out completely.
That result proved the model. Local demand exists. Fresh, pesticide-free blackberries sell. The driveway pickup system works. Now the goal is to replicate it — on larger properties, with more plants, across multiple locations in the metro-Atlanta area.
The franchise is not a hypothetical. It is a system built and tested at home first, being opened to partners who have what we need most: land.
A note on why now, from me: I don’t know what the next decade brings — for Social Security, for prices, for the economy. Nobody does. What I know is that land is meant to produce, and it is better to build something real before you need it than after. That is why I planted, and it is why I am expanding.
Steward Clinton — Founder, Steward Farms, Marietta GA
Qualifications
You do not need farming experience. You do not need technical skills. You need land and the willingness to let it work for you.
The average partner spends 3–5 hours per week during growing season. Steward Farms handles the brand, marketing, customer acquisition, and sales.
Steward Farms sold out its entire first harvest from a single residential property in Marietta, Georgia. Customers came back before the season was over.
The full financial model, fee structure, and operational details are shared privately after an initial conversation. All inquiries are confidential.
Get in Touch
Send a message and tell us a little about your property. We will follow up directly — no automated funnels, no sales pitch. A real conversation about whether this is the right fit.
