Farms Near Big Lake, MN

Big Lake

Big Lake

This indoor market runs the third Saturday of every month, November through April, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Big Lake City Hall, 160 Lake St N. Everything sold is homemade or homegrown — seasonal produce, meat, eggs, and baked goods — with free parking, live music, and a Market Bucks matching program for SNAP/EBT shoppers. The November date usually includes free photos with Santa.

Big Lake

A Christmas tree grower operating near Big Lake since 1979, Tallakson's also sells at the seasonal Big Lake Farmers' Market from June through October alongside produce, plant and craft vendors. Business records list it under wholesale Christmas trees, and directory addresses conflict between Big Lake and nearby communities. Details online are thin beyond the tree business and the farmers-market presence.

Big Lake

Big Lake

Elk River

Goracke Trees is a small tree farm listed on County Road 14 near Elk River, in Sherburne County northwest of the Twin Cities. Very little about it is published online, so hours and current stock are best confirmed with the farm directly.

Monticello

The Monticello Community Center on Walnut St hosts an indoor winter market starting in November, with vendors selling fresh produce, canned goods, baked goods, maple syrup, honey, plants, meat, and cheese. It's a smaller-scale continuation of the Thursday summer market held at the library, mid-May through September.

Monticello

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Monticello

Fresh Acres Farm runs a fall festival on 72nd Street NE in Monticello, in Wright County northwest of the Twin Cities. The festival brings a corn maze, pumpkin patch, petting zoo, inflatables, a combine slide, and a corn cannon, with admission around $13. The farm grows non-GMO produce, opens a sunflower field in August, and raises pasture-raised animals. The corn maze reopens in mid-September.

Monticello

Fresh Acres runs a fall festival on 72nd Street NE in Monticello, open Fridays through Sundays from early September. Two farmers left corporate careers to start the place in 2016 and added the first corn maze in 2018. The larger maze covers about 2.3 miles of paths, and a smaller one suits kids under 8. Admission also covers the pumpkin patch, petting zoo, inflatables, a corn pit, and weekend wagon rides.

Albertville

The Albertville Lions Club runs this Thursday market, 3 to 7 PM, June through the end of September, in Central Park on Main Avenue NE. Vendors sell locally grown produce and handcrafted goods. Vendors or shoppers with questions can call (763) 443-5621 or email [email protected].

Becker

The Snake River Farm, established 1970 in Becker on Sherburne County's Snake River, pasture-raises grass-fed bison, beef, lamb, and hogs across native prairie, oak savanna, and wooded lowlands — supplying over 500 Minnesota families by the quarter and half, and even the local schools with grass-fed ground beef. The farm pasture-harvests to minimize stress, trains adopted BLM mustangs, taps maple syrup, and welcomes educational tours by appointment, complete with a one-room schoolhouse and farm museum.

Becker

Since our founding in 2003, Thousand Hills has been focused on one Mission: To nourish the soil, the plants, cattle, and people by holistically grazing cattle for their lifetime. What began as a passion to simply share the nutritional benefits of Lifetime Grazed 100% Grass Fed Beef with more people has evolved into a full embrace of regenerative agriculture—with its many critical benefits to people and planet. After a 20-year career working in conventional food marketing, I returned to the farm

Monticello

Brad and Bess Munsterteiger have run this Wright County farm since 2000, opening for pick-your-own strawberries in June and blueberries in July. Picking containers and carry-home flats are provided. Garlic follows in August, and cut-your-own flowers run from late June into fall. The couple keeps honeybees too, selling honey, lip balm, lotion bars, and beeswax wraps year-round. Daily updates on what's ripe post to their site and phone line.

Buffalo

Buffalo

Becker

Becker Farmers Market sets up Fridays from 3 to 6 p.m., mid-June through late September, at the Becker Community Center. Vendors bring farm-fresh produce, baked treats, canned goods, and handmade items to this Sherburne County market, which draws a steady following of over 1,600 on Facebook.

Buffalo

Saint Michael

Make memories with your loved ones by spending a day at D Round Barn Berries. We offer a great place where you and your company will have a great time sightseeing and picking farm products such as Asparagus( Best in the state :) ) Strawberries, Honeyberries (coming soon), Sour Cherries(Coming soon), Corn Maze, Pumpkin Patch.

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Buffalo

Woods' Edge Apples is a family orchard three miles north of Buffalo on Highway 25, growing pick-your-own and pre-picked apples in varieties like First Kiss, SweeTango, Honeycrisp, Zestar, Snow Sweet, and Haralson. It also offers u-pick raspberries, pumpkins, and squash, and manages the orchard with integrated pest management. A gift shop carries work from local artisans, and the farm runs hayrides and keeps friendly animals. Apple picking continues into late October.

Otsego

Otsego's farmers market runs Tuesdays from 3 to 6 p.m. through late August, set up in the Coborn's grocery store parking lot rather than a dedicated market square. It's a straightforward weekly stop for this fast-growing Wright County suburb northwest of the Twin Cities. The city itself organizes it — questions go through Otsego City Hall rather than a separate market board.

Norm's sells home-grown produce seven days a week, 8am to 6pm, at 10568 125th Avenue SE in Becker. Regulars come for the sweet corn and a rotating spread of seasonal vegetables, with pumpkins and gourds filling the stand each fall. It holds a 4.9-star rating across dozens of reviews. Call (763) 261-4267 for what's picked.

Becker

Cut-your-own Christmas trees are the draw here, with short-needle spruce from four to twenty feet plus a smaller supply of white pine, balsam, and Fraser fir. The Petersons have farmed trees around Becker since 1956, and Lee later added an apple orchard, so fall brings U-pick apples before the December tree season. Trees grow naturally green. Bring a saw or borrow one at the lot off 149th Avenue.

Otsego

Buffalo

Walker Farms operates as a registered Minnesota LLC agricultural business. No product line, city, or public listing turned up online for this operation, so treat it as a name-only entry until the farm confirms what it grows or raises.

Buffalo

Buffalo's winter market moves indoors to the Community Center on Central Ave, running select Saturdays from November through March, 8 a.m. to noon. It's a smaller lineup than summer — mostly meat, baked goods, jams, and eggs — but it keeps regional growers connected to buyers through the months nothing's in the ground. Check buffalofarmersmarket.com for exact dates.

Buffalo

Buffalo Farmers' Market runs Saturdays, 8 a.m. to noon, May through October, pulling shoppers from Maple Lake, Monticello, St. Michael, Hanover, Rockford, and Delano as well as Buffalo itself. Vendors sell fresh produce, meat, bread, plants, soap, and barbecue sauce. Find the current lot location and vendor list at buffalofarmersmarket.com.

Rogers

Dream Acres is a self-serve, pick-your-own pumpkin patch on a family farm in Rogers, open every day in October during daylight hours. Pumpkins run $5 each, paid by cash, Venmo, or PayPal. The family has run it since 2006 and keeps it simple: no corn maze, no petting zoo, no add-on attractions, just rows of pumpkins to walk and pick. It sits on Tucker Road.

Clear Lake

B&J Evergreen grows Christmas and landscape trees across a 200-acre spread in Clear Lake. In December you can cut your own or grab a pre-cut tree, plus wreaths and holiday greenery. The rest of the year the farm sells landscape-sized evergreens and shade trees. A working tree farm rather than a one-weekend lot.

Rogers

Rogers' market runs Tuesday afternoons, 3 to 6:30 p.m., from July into September, organized through the city rather than an independent nonprofit. It sets up in this fast-growing Hennepin County exurb northwest of the Twin Cities. Questions and vendor inquiries go through Rogers City Hall on South Diamond Lake Road rather than a separate market board or chamber.

Elk River

A family garden center, greenhouse and produce market on Adams Street in Elk River, running since 1980. The market sells annuals, hanging baskets, fresh produce, sweet corn and pumpkins, plus garden decor and locally made goods. Berry picking is offered in season. The family also hosts weddings on the property through a separate venue business. Call (763) 427-6023 or see riversidefarmsmn.com.

Elk River

Beck's Elk River Greenhouse and Vegetable Farm has grown produce on 100 acres about 4.5 miles west of Elk River since 1959, now into a fourth generation. The greenhouse sells hanging baskets, patio pots, bedding plants, vegetable starts, and seeds, while the farm offers homegrown sweet corn, tomatoes, canning vegetables, and pick-your-own or pre-picked strawberries in season. It's open daily through the growing season.

Delano

Apple Jack Orchards has drawn Twin Cities families to the banks of the Crow River in Delano for more than 30 years, across 90 acres of apples, u-pick raspberries, pumpkins, and squash. A 100-year-old barn houses the Olde Barn Gift Shop and bakery, selling jams, sauces, and fresh baked goods alongside wagon rides and fall entertainment.

Buffalo

Delights is a seasonal market set inside a converted barn a few miles from downtown Buffalo. The owners open for three or four weekends each spring and fall, filling the open barn space with handcrafted goods, vintage furniture, home decor, and food. Pumpkins join the mix in autumn. It reads more as a barn-boutique event than a working produce farm.

Buffalo

A meat farm outside Buffalo in Wright County, west of the Twin Cities. The name points to Angus cattle, the black-hided beef breed common across central Minnesota, though little about the operation is published online. Direct-from-farm beef sales are typical for a farm of this type in the area.

Rockford

Rockford's market runs on Main Street in this small Wright County town on the Crow River, west of the Twin Cities. No independent listing confirms current hours or vendors.

Nowthen

June-bearing strawberries are the main crop, ready mid-June for two to three weeks, sold U-pick at $3.85 a pound or pre-picked by the quart and flat. The family farm also sells rhubarb, sweet corn, farm eggs, maple syrup, and homemade jams, and brings berries to the Maple Grove Farmers Market. Buckets and take-home flats are provided in the patch near Nowthen.

Elk River

Thursdays, 3 to 7 p.m. in June and July, shortening to 3-6 p.m. in September, at the corner of County Road 5 and Nowthen Blvd near Elk River. Vendors sell vegetables, fruit, honey, beef, artisan bread, jams, soaps, and natural dog treats, with live music most weeks. The market carries a 4.7-star rating across 36 reviews.

Greenfield

Knapton's grows five acres of summer red and yellow raspberries, an acre of fall raspberries, pick-your-own apples, and a large pumpkin patch at the corner of Highway 55 and Lake Sarah Heights Drive in Greenfield. The farm also raises cherries, pears, sweet corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, and winter squash. It runs from late June through November, about 20 miles west of Minneapolis in western Hennepin County.

Princeton

The same association that runs Princeton's summer market keeps a smaller version going through winter: the second Saturday of each month, November through April, 9 a.m. to noon, at the Princeton Mall location on Rum River Drive. The rule holds year-round — every vendor sells only what they grow or make on their own farm, so the lineup shrinks with the season instead of bringing in outside resellers.

Princeton

Formed in 1987, the Princeton-Zimmerman Farmers Market Association has run a Saturday market in downtown Princeton for close to 40 years. The summer market sets up at Princeton Mall, 8:30 a.m. to noon, May through October, with every vendor required to sell something grown or made on their own farm — no resellers. A separate Zimmerman location runs on its own schedule at 12950 Fremont Ave.

Clear Lake

Brothers Paul and Gary Gray started Grayson's Berryland in 1983, and it grows strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries across about 10 acres near Clear Lake. Staff pick roughly 60 percent of the fields, leaving the rest open for u-pick; early morning tends to be the best time to fill a bucket. The farm sits near the junction of Highway 24 and County Road 8. Call (320) 743-3384 for what's ripe.

Princeton

Phillips Farmstead is a family farm, run by us, Emily and Christopher Phillips! Both trained artists and makers, life after art school carried us to Los Angeles where we both used our creative minds and hands on skills to work with an architecture firm. While the sunshine and ocean breeze was alluring, we couldn't ignore the fact that "city-life" was just not for us. Christopher's childhood summers spent on the family farm had never left his mind. So when big life changes left us wondering what

Dayton

Dehn's runs a 20-acre pick-your-own pumpkin patch in Dayton alongside a 15-acre corn maze, pumpkin cannons, and an 80-by-120-foot corn pit. Weekend hayrides carry visitors out to the field, and October Friday and Saturday nights add a flashlight corn maze. The marketplace and patch stay free to enter; a per-person fee covers the attractions. The season runs late September through Halloween. Reach them at (763) 742-3550.

Princeton

The Historic Deglman Farm in Princeton traces back to 1934, built around a dairy barn raised in 1946 that now anchors weddings and events. The barn loft holds up to 250 guests, giving the property a rustic, working-farm backdrop rather than a built-for-show venue feel. It's run as a family event business more than a produce or u-pick operation.

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Princeton

J Q Fruit Farm is listed on 33rd Street near Princeton, in Mille Lacs County north of the Twin Cities. The name points to fruit, likely orchard or berry crops common to central Minnesota, but no website or current details turned up online. Confirm what's in season directly with the farm.

This Saturday market runs at Goose Lake Farm and Winery in Nowthen, 10am to 4pm from May through October. Everything sold is grown or made in Minnesota, from fresh produce and specialty foods to original artwork and estate wines. Shoppers can tour the vineyard, watch craft demos, taste wine, and visit the farm animals while they browse. The site sits on 213th Avenue NW, northwest of Elk River.

Princeton

JQ Fruit Farm and Orchard grows pick-your-own blueberries on six acres of roughly 10,000 plants raised herbicide- and pesticide-free, plus u-pick apples with a half-peck minimum and raspberries. It sits on 33rd Street outside Princeton in Mille Lacs County, north of the Twin Cities. Berry picking runs midsummer and apples in early fall, and the farm makes its own products from the harvest.

Delano

Delano Farmers' Market has run since 2002, meeting Wednesdays, 2 to 6 p.m., May through October, in the Flippin' Bills lot at the corner of Highway 12 and County Line Road. Vendors sell baked pies, fresh bread, honey, maple syrup, jams, farm eggs, salsa, perennials, cut flowers, and farm-raised beef and chicken, timed for the after-work commute crowd. Call 763-238-2702 for current details.

Anoka

Berry Hill Farm has picked strawberries and raspberries outside Anoka since 1991, across 100 acres. Strawberries typically ripen mid-June and raspberries around the Fourth of July, running $3.90 a pound for u-pick, with pumpkin picking and wagon rides added each fall. Hours shift with the harvest, so the farm runs a berry hotline, 763-600-4870, for daily updates.

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Oak Park

Saint Francis

Manahan Stables offers private, year-round horseback riding and driving lessons near Saint Francis, from first-time beginners through advanced competitors. A heated indoor arena keeps lessons going through Minnesota winters, and the barn provides lesson horses matched to each rider's level, with students starting at age six. It draws riders from Andover, Anoka, Ham Lake, Zimmerman, and Coon Rapids. Ray Manahan and Kris Brutoco run the program.

Delano

Apple Tree-O is an orchard listing in Delano, in the same Wright County apple country as several larger u-pick operations nearby. No website, phone, or social page turned up in research — worth a call to confirm before visiting.

Independence

Jim's Produce sells fresh vegetables from a stand in Independence, in the western Hennepin County farm country, and is best known locally for sweet corn. Tomatoes, squash, and other summer crops fill out the stand as they ripen. On-farm pickup runs through the growing season. A roadside produce operation, not an agritourism destination.

Ramsey

Run by New Life Church at the corner of 167th and Hwy 47 in Ramsey, this Saturday market (9 a.m. to 1 p.m., May 20 to September 9) donates 10% of proceeds to the New Life Food Shelf. It's a SNAP-approved retailer built around a stated mission to link the church and the surrounding community.