Our Story
At Traders Hill, we nurture our connection with not only the food we produce and our farm family, but also our community family.
The Foundation for Health & Wellness
Safe. Clean. Real Food.
Welcome to Traders Hill Farm! We're a local aquaponics farm that provides clean and sustainable produce to retailers, restaurants, and families across Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.
When you eat produce from Traders Hill Farm, you can be sure that it is grown sustainably and without pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides.
This safe, fresh, and delicious produce offers the highest level of nutrition, quality, and taste to our customers.
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At Traders Hill Farm, this unwavering commitment to food safety and sustainability is at the heart of our entire operation.
Growing Healthy Communities
Farm2Fork
Not only do we produce organic lettuce and tomatoes year-round at our Hilliard, FL indoor farm, we've also partnered with farms across the region that meet our strict standards so that we can provide fresh produce to regional communities.
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Our partnership platform also includes food distributors, grocers, and restaurants...all playing a vital role in our growing distribution network.
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This Farm2Fork Connection puts locally grown produce on the plates of more people.
Our Core Values
Our mission doesn't just end with the produce we provide to our communities...we are committed to being healthy, sustainable, and growing tasty pesticide-free foods year-round, while also keeping waste to zero.
Our team is passionate about what we do: From our visionary leadership to our dedicated employees, we believe in our core values and are unwavering in our dedication to following them.
Safety is Priority # 1
Safety begins and ends with each Traders Hill Farm employee.
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We take personal responsibility for the safety of ourselves and those around us, both at work and at home. We are mindful that our customers trust us first and foremost to provide safe and clean food.
Each team member takes our safety commitment very seriously by following rigorous food-safety protocols.
Committed to Sustainability
We continually strive to do more with less.
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It is our responsibility to create a fiscally stable and environmentally sustainable agribusiness.
In conjunction with managing financial risk, we will endeavor to reduce our company’s footprint and serve as better stewards of the environment.
Empower Healthy Communities
For our community to flourish, it needs its residents to be healthy.
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For the body to thrive, it needs vital nutrients that come from food grown safely. Healthy employees become more productive workers. Healthy parents raise healthy children.
The impact we make on the health of our community now will reap tremendous rewards for generations. We seek to inspire our citizenry through strategic partnerships with schools, local businesses, nonprofits, and other alliances.
Traders Hill is not just a farm – we’re in the business of wellness.
Customer Centric
Customers are the lifeblood of our business.
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Every Traders Hill Farm team member is an ambassador of our brand. We continually strive to exceed our customer’s expectations by offering high-quality products coupled with exceptional customer service.
We actively engage with our customers and listen carefully to their feedback. As such, we treat all customers with the same courtesy and care as a guest in our own homes.
Encourage Innovation
Innovation is a mindset.
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Innovation starts from a willingness to make things better. The company deeply respects and values the knowledge, skills, ideas, and capabilities that each employee brings to the team.
We encourage team members to be creative and take risks to develop new ideas – whatever their job area.
Cultivate Our
Farm Family
At Traders Hill, everyone is family and our team is our greatest asset.
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We strive for excellence. For us to be successful, it requires an unrelenting investment in our team members, and it is also the direct result of our team’s commitment to quality in everything they do.
We pledge to develop the talents of our team members, foster an inclusive environment, and create an atmosphere of creativity and open communication.
Community Involvement
Growing Our Farm Family
Traders Hill Farm is about more than providing clean, safe, and sustainable produce to our customers...we're dedicated to helping grow healthy communities.
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Local is our way of life.
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From working with local school districts to provide children and families access to organic produce, to working with area charities and participating in agricultural education programs...we're always seeking opportunities to serve others.
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It's just who we are.
History
A Rich Heritage
Established in the mid-1700s, Trader's Hill was a trading post and small settlement on the St. Marys River in what is now Charlton County, Georgia.
During the Civil War, Trader's Hill became a refugee site for local people, including residents of St. Marys, fleeing the coast.
After the construction of the Savannah, Florida & Western Railway, the center of commerce in the area shifted from the river to the railway, leaving Traders Hill in a decline that ultimately led it to become a ghost town.
Today, THF Natural Resources (the parent company of Traders Hill Farm) and the Blaudow family have established a conservation easement around the original Trader's Hill Trading Post, preserving its history for future generations.
