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High-tech solution boosts business for Connelly Springs farm

Emery Minor holds one of the chickens raised at Flat Gap Farm in Connelly Springs.

BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — A Burke County farm is using a high-tech solution to grow new business.

Flat Gap Farm is one of 200 farms selling on the Red Hen app, according to the Herald.

The app is an online farmers market that connects people with small farms in their area.

Flat Gap Farm, which is located in Connelly Springs, sells pasture-raised poultry.

Farm owners said their inventory and prices are on the app, and customers can order directly from there.


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