Elderberry shrubs: revival of an American Colonial era drink

We are so excited to finally introduce our farm’s Elderberry Water Kefir Shrub! This is our second water kefir and very first shrub, an old American Colonial era beverage made with berry or fruit vinegars.

Our Elderberry shrub is made with our Elderberry Apple Cider Vinegar Tonic with the natural crud-fighting power of all organic elderberries, echinacea, ginger, cardamom, clove and local honey in a probiotic water kefir ferment.

Get a free sample and purchase by the bottle or on tap by the cup or growler at Wellness Emporium of Woodbury, TN (110 W High Street Woodbury, TN 37190) and the Wellness Emporium of Bell Buckle, TN (13 Webb Rd. E, Bell Buckle, TN 37020).

Want to retail our farm’s kombuchas, kefirs and other products in your store? Sign up for a wholesale account here.

Please consult your doctor before taking any of our products for health reasons. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Introducing Half Hill Farm’s Ginger Turmeric Water Kefir

Now you can take Half Hill Farm’s newest fermented beverage on the go with our 14 oz Ginger Turmeric Water Kefir! This gluten free, non-GMO, vegan, probiotic ferment is proudly made and bottled with love at our kitchen in Woodbury, Tennessee.

We use the best all organic, sustainably farmed ingredients in our live culture, probiotic ferments to keep your guts happy and healthy. Our Ginger Turmeric water kefir is fermented using purified water, kefir grains (individual colonies of yeast and bacteria encased in a polysaccharide biofilm), raw sugar, a pinch of Himalayan salt, molasses and figs to keep our continuous cultures happy and working hard.

Get a free sample and purchase by the bottle or on tap by the cup or growler at Wellness Emporium of Woodbury, TN (110 W High Street Woodbury, TN 37190) and the Wellness Emporium of Bell Buckle, TN (13 Webb Rd. E, Bell Buckle, TN 37020).

Want to retail our water kefir and other products in your store? Sign up for a wholesale account here.

Please consult your doctor before taking any of our products for health reasons. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

GRAND OPENING: Half Hill Farm opens Wellness Emporium in Woodbury

Half Hill Farm’s new location at 110 West High Street is now open to the public. The Wellness Emporium is next door to DTC and features kombucha, tonics and extracts made with love on site as well as other natural health and wellness products.

Grand Opening: The public is invited to enjoy free samples of komchuca and meet the owners and staff at a grand opening ribbon-cutting of the Wellness Emporium with the Cannon County Chamber of Commerce Friday Nov. 9, 2018 at 10 am.

It means a lot to us to have a permanent home here in Woodbury. We want to thank Tommy and Linda Malone for this opportunity. We wouldn’t be here without the opportunity to grow our business at the Arts Center over the past three years and for them thinking outside the box with us and letting us share the space to make that possible. It feels like forever ago that we were a 6 foot table of organic vegetables at the farmers market next door!

Earlier this year we partnered with Manchester’s Scot Smotherman to expand retail with the Wellness Emporium, a second store location in the heart of Bell Buckle, TN. We truly believed if it failed we could always offer services installing taps and walk-in coolers!

With Bell Buckle doing well, growing demand quickly led to the need for bigger manufacturing space. We were running out of product and turning away a lot of wholesale requests. High Street was the right place at the right time.

High Street: Half Hill Farm is expanding our craft fermented food and beverage manufacturing in the back part of the High Street location off the square. This includes kombucha and kefir, popular probiotic fermented beverages we lightly flavor with organic herbs and juices and bottle as a fizzy soda alternative. We will also continue expanding extracts and hemp oil products to include infused food and beverage and partner with MTSU’s Fermentation Science program for shared learning and resource opportunities.

We are proud of the work our team does to bring better health and well being to our community. Come visit us!

The Wellness Emporium is open seven days a week with several flavors of Half Hill Farm’s kombucha on tap and available by the cup, bottle or growler refills. Follow us on Facebook.

Half Hill Farm’s late Summer seasonal Muscadine Kombucha!

The organic muscadine grapes are now in season and getting pressed to a pulp in our farm kitchen for our late Summer seasonal Muscadine Kombucha! We don’t add any sugar – just a hint of local honey from Manchester, TN. It won’t last long.

Stop in and get a cup or growler on tap while it lasts at Wellness Emporium of Woodbury, TN (110 W High Street Woodbury, TN 37190) and the Wellness Emporium of Bell Buckle, TN (13 Webb Rd. E, Bell Buckle, TN 37020).

UPDATE 10-12-18: Our friends at Green Door Gourmet in Nashville have been busy over the past few weeks harvesting over 70 lbs. of organic muscadine for us, so we’ve kept it on tap – looks like at least another solid week!

Made in Tennessee: CBD full spectrum extract hemp oil

Half Hill Farm is proud to introduce our 2500mg CBD full spectrum extract hemp oil for better health & well being. Each drop is 5mg of CBD. Our farm’s hemp oils also come in 500mg (1mg per drop) and 1000mg (2mg per drop) formulations.

Half Hill Farm uses organically grown domestic industrial hemp from Kentucky that goes through CO2 extraction and then is formulated and blended in our FDA registered facility in Woodbury, Tennessee. Each batch is tested by third-party independent labs to ensure quality and compliance with results linked from the label.

Half Hill Farm was the first certified organic farm to grow industrial hemp in the state of Tennessee. We helped change state law to bring the promising health benefits of CBD to the people and were the first retailer of CBD in Tennessee. We are now on the manufacturing side producing quality CBD hemp products.

  • 500mg CBD full spectrum extract hemp oil (1 drop = 1 mg) – $48
  • 1000mg CBD full spectrum extract hemp oil (1 drop = 2 mg) – $87
  • 2500mg CBD full spectrum extract hemp oil (1 drop = 5 mg) – $189

Want to retail our products in your store? Sign up for a wholesale account here. You can purchase our farm’s CBD Hemp Oil and other CBD products at the following locations:

Please consult your doctor before taking any of our products for health reasons. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Half Hill Farm’s farm foraged taste of Summer: Blackberry Kombucha!

The Blackberry Kombucha is back! This is our second year making this farm-foraged taste of Summer, and this year is better than ever with a huge local harvest of blackberries from our neighbor Thomas Howell.

Stop in and get a cup or growler on tap while it lasts at Wellness Emporium of Woodbury, TN (110 W High Street. Woodbury, TN 37190) and the Wellness Emporium of Bell Buckle, TN (13 Webb Rd. E, Bell Buckle, TN 37020).

Half Hill Farm’s full spectrum extract CBD hemp oil

Our farm has witnessed first hand from customers the healing power of cannabis. We’ve seen veterans get off years of pain pills. We’ve seen parents buried under a decade of opiod management come off their drugs and wake up to a family at home. We’ve seen people come off powerful anti-inflammatory drugs. We’ve seen people with fibromyalgia or other chronic pain finally find the relief they’ve been seeking all their life.

We’ve seen lives changed forever using CBD as an alternative natural remedy, and we believe we are seeing the beginning of a revolution in health care.

At the same time, we’ve seen elected officials foment confusion over legal use of industrial hemp and politicians intentionally create a policy driven national emergency that kills three Tennesseans a day - all to keep their opioid and private prison industry patrons fat and happy.

Making and bringing healing hemp products to market has always been on the horizon for our farm. Half Hill Farm was the first certified organic grower of industrial hemp in the state of Tennessee. We helped change state law to bring the promising health benefits of CBD to the people. We are now on the manufacturing side proudly producing quality CBD hemp oil extract blends in 500mg and 1,000mg formulas.

Half Hill Farm uses organically grown domestic industrial hemp from Kentucky that goes through CO2 extraction and then is formulated and blended in our FDA registered facility in Woodbury, Tennessee. We do not sell private labeled product. Our CBD hemp oil products contain up to 0.3% THC. Each batch is tested by third-party independent labs to ensure quality and compliance.

Want to retail our products in your store? Sign up for a wholesale account here. You can purchase our farm’s CBD Hemp Oil and other CBD products through our online store or at Wellness Emporium of Woodbury, TN (110 W High Street. Woodbury, TN 37190) or the Wellness Emporium of Bell Buckle, TN (13 Webb Rd. E, Bell Buckle, TN 37020).

Please consult your doctor before taking any of our products for health reasons. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Can I give my dog or cat CBD?


Trudy Capootie takes her CBD.

Yes, you can give CBD to your dog or cat! Dogs and cats have the same cannabinoid receptors as humans in their brain and nervous system. That’s why we give CBD to our two 12 year old dogs (one is pictured above) and 18 and 15 years old cats.

Our critter friends deserve the same natural relief from pain and inflammation as we do. The fact our pets respond so well to CBD is a big reason our farm now carries Pet Releaf Edibites CBD pet treats at both Half Hill Farm stores: Wellness Emporium of  Woodbury, TN (110 W High Street Woodbury, TN 37190) and Wellness Emporium of Bell Buckle, TN (13 Webb Rd. E Bell Buckle, TN 37020) – open seven days a week!

Get Pet Releaf Edibites for small dogs: $19.99 – large dogs: $25.99

Pet Releaf is currently the nation’s only organic CBD pet treat that uses its own proprietary organic hemp strain. Pet Releaf’s small breed formula comes in 1.5mg CBD pieces and 3mg CBD pieces for large breeds and in two flavors: Peanut Butter Banana and Blueberry Cranberry. You can supplement the treats with drops if your critter friend needs more and you don’t want to give them too many treats.

Here are some of the health benefits of CBD for dogs and cats:

  • Reduce pain and inflammation associated with arthritis, IBD, pancreatitis or urinary tract disease
  • Reduce anxiety
  • Reduces seizures
  • Stimulates appetite
  • Reduces asthma symptoms
  • Supports the immune system

How much CBD should I give my dog or cat? Every brand has a different dosage suggestion for pets, but there is a general range in these products from 0.5 mg per 20 lbs (low dosage) to 1 mg per 10 lbs (closer to human dosage). Smaller dogs may respond differently and may require smaller dosages at first. Here are Pet Releaf’s suggested serving sizes based on weight.

We give our small dogs 5 mg when they need it and plan on doing 2 mg per day as they get older. Consult your veterinarian with any concerns or questions about using CBD with pets..

Here are a few good articles about giving your pets CBD:

Stop by our stores for CBD formulated for people – drops, capsules, gum, salve, chap stick, honey & suppositories.

Half Hill Farm’s taste of Spring: Honeysuckle Kombucha

NEW FLAVOR: Our farm-foraged Honeysuckle Apple Kombucha is now on tap by the cup or growler refill at Half Hill Farm at the The Arts Center of Cannon County in Woodbury, TN (1424 John Bragg HWY Woodbury, TN 37190) and Wellness Emporium in Bell Buckle, TN (13 Webb Rd. E Bell Buckle, TN 37020) – now open seven days a week! It’s a brief taste of Spring made with all organic ingredients: honeysuckle, apple and local honey!

The health benefits of Cordyceps Militaris mushrooms

Our farm’s journey with the power of mushrooms started with a family illness and continues to bring healing to many friends and customers. That’s why we’re pleased to announce the addition of Cordyceps Militaris to our farm’s line of mushroom extracts!

Cordyceps are a dietary therapeutic mushroom that’s been used for centuries to improve the immune system and boost energy levels. Cordyceps were first used in the mountains of Tibet thousands of years ago as a remedy for fatigue and recovery from illness. The mushroom grows naturally on a caterpillar at elevations of 12,000 feet above sea level in China and throughout the world.

The addition of Cordyceps comes after years of listening to and observing the needs of customers who regularly use our mushroom extracts for better health and well being. Half Hill Farm also makes Red Reishi, Chaga, Turkey Tail and Lion’s Mane mushroom extracts.

Benefits of Cordyceps Mushroom extracts*:

  • Reduces inflammation & oxidative stress
  • Helps recovery from illness and exercise
  • Enhances liver & lung function
  • Improves tolerance of chemotherapy and radiation
  • Reduces tumor development
  • Improves sex drive

Studies show many benefits to using codyceps mushroom extracts including a reduction of inflammation and oxidative stress, the leading causes of most disease. This makes cordyceps, along with chaga mushrooms, a good anti-aging and recovery supplement.

Athletes use cordyceps for recovery and performance as studies show the mushroom’s adenosine levels help increase the body’s supply of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) which is a primary source of energy during physical activity. Cordyceps also increase the body’s natural production of nitric oxide optimizing oxygen absorption and improving lung and liver function.

Cordyceps militaris produces cordycepin, a bioactive compound with antitumor activity in various cancers. The mushroom’s polysaccharides help support patients in the treatment of cancers and also contains 18 essential amino acids, vitamins E, K, B1, B2 and B12, sterols and antioxidants superoxide dismutase and glutathione.

You can purchase our farm’s Cordyceps Mushroom Extract online or at our store in Woodbury and the Wellness Emporium of Bell Buckle.

Studies on potential uses of Cordyceps Militaris mushrooms:

*These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.