Farms Near Escondido, CA

Escondido's Tuesday market on East Grand Avenue focuses on organic vendors, per its name, in a North San Diego County valley historically known for citrus and avocado groves.

Escondido

J.R. Organics is a fourth-generation family farm in Escondido, certified organic since 1986 — four decades of growing some of San Diego County's freshest produce. The farm delivers weekly and bi-weekly certified organic CSA farm boxes across the county, sells at more than a dozen farmers markets from Carlsbad to Temecula, and offers online pre-orders, with farm tours by appointment.

Escondido

Fluegge Egg Ranch has produced eggs in North San Diego County for 70 years, founded in 1956 by Walter and Lucy Fluegge and now spanning four generations of the family. The ranch supplies Southern California stores and restaurants and runs a farm stand at the corner of its Valley Center property on North Lake Wohlford Road, open Tuesday through Sunday with cartons, flats, and checks straight from the farm.

Escondido

Escondido

George Hillebrecht bought his first parcel of the ranch in Escondido in 1924, and continued to buy adjoining parcels as he could afford them, until he had 150 acres. His parents were citrus farmers from Orange County, and he chose this area because the land was affordable and they had a promising source of local water. George planted valencia oranges and lemons from his own nursery, and later planted fuerte avocados. He retired in the mid 50’s and his son Ben, Laura’s father, continued planting

Escondido

Be Wise Ranch has grown certified organic produce in the Santa Fe Valley, eight miles east of San Diego, since 1977 — founder Bill Brammer helped draft the state and federal legislation defining organic standards during his term as CCOF president. The coastal microclimate allows year-round growing of nationally known vine-ripe heirloom tomatoes, strawberries, squash, and greens, sold wholesale and through a CSA delivering weekly boxes to pickup points across San Diego County.

Escondido

A farm stand on Miller Avenue in Escondido selling local produce alongside jams, jellies, and pickles, with fall and winter selections rotating through. It's one of a handful of small stands scattered through this stretch of North County San Diego growing land.

Escondido

Escondido

Farm Stand West sells produce from a stand on Miller Ave in Escondido, in the North County San Diego growing region known for citrus, avocados, and small produce operations.

Escondido

Escondido

Fran's Original Farm Stand operates on Summit Drive in Escondido, part of inland San Diego County's citrus and avocado belt. No working website, social page, or product list turned up in research, so specifics beyond the name and address could not be confirmed.

Escondido

Mountain Meadow Mushrooms operates in California. Specific mushroom varieties, location, and hours weren't confirmed for this listing.

Escondido

Terra Madre Gardens is a small organic farm and event venue in Escondido, California, known for community workshops and on-site farm weddings alongside its produce growing. The organization has been in transition off its original property, so confirm current location before visiting.

Escondido

This certified market once ran Sundays at the Sikes Adobe Historic Farmstead on Sunset Drive, serving shoppers from Escondido, Rancho Bernardo, Poway, and the wider North San Diego County area. Its Facebook page confirms it closed permanently on June 14, 2021, and hasn't reopened since. The address on record is accurate to where it stood — there's just no market to visit there anymore.

Roadrunner Organics, doing business as Hernandez Family Produce, grows produce in California and sells direct to farmers markets rather than through large retail chains.

San Diego

Wholesome Heritage Farms Pumpkin Patch operates on San Pasqual Road in the San Pasqual Valley, a working agricultural valley east of San Diego known for its dairies and seasonal farm stands. As the name suggests, it's a fall pumpkin-patch operation. No hours, admission, or contact details are posted online yet.

San Marcos

Golden Door Country Store in San Marcos shares the harvest of Golden Door's bio-intensive kitchen garden and groves — seasonal organic produce from citrus and strawberries to heirloom tomatoes and greens, grown without pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. The store, open Tuesday through Sunday, also carries preserves, marmalades, estate honey, olive oil, and a rotating schedule of freshly baked breads from local bakers.

San Diego

Rancho Bernardo Pumpkin Farm, part of San Diego's Pumpkin Station and Pinery group operating since 1999. This is one of the group's farm sites, on Highland Valley Road, with sunflower fields, a corn maze, tractor rides, and a petting zoo.

Frank Konyn Dairy milks roughly 880 cows in the San Pasqual Valley Agricultural Preserve outside Escondido, billed as the last remaining dairy in San Diego County. The operation also runs San Pasqual Valley Soils, selling compost and mulch, and gives away dairy manure for a nominal loading charge.

San Marcos

MotherLoad Farm & Nursery in Valley Center, California grows produce using both soil beds and hydroponic systems, and bakes its own bread and pastries on-site. The farm also sells eggs directly from the property, pairing a working farm stand with a small bakery counter.

Escondido

A certified farmers market at the Lawrence Welk Resort in Escondido, in the North County San Diego citrus and wine-grape region.

San Diego

Bernardo Winery hosts this certified market every Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in its lower parking lot at 13330 Paseo Del Verano Norte in San Diego. Vendors line up alongside the vineyard grounds selling fresh produce, pantry provisions, cut flowers, and food from local artisans. The winery's shops and tasting room stay open the same morning.

Valley Center

Bates Nut Farm has sold roasted nuts, fudge and gourmet treats from its Valley Center property for over a century, stocking pistachios, pecans, cashews, peanuts and sunflower seeds roasted on site. The 100-acre farm also keeps mini-donkeys, goats, sheep, llamas and peacocks that visitors can hand-feed for 75 cents a bag. Admission is free; reach the farm at 760-749-3333 or [email protected].

Jimbo's is a San Diego County natural and organic grocery chain founded in 1984, with four stores in Carmel Valley, Escondido, Carlsbad, and 4S Ranch. The stores stock organic produce sourced from San Diego-area farmers alongside a full grocery, bakery, and prepared foods lineup, open daily 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Valley Center

Years before the Stehly Family began farming in Valley Center, the roots of Stehly Farms stretch back to the agriculture days of Orange County, CA. Nicholas J Stehly founded the original farm in the 1920′s, and was later acquired by Jerome Stehly Sr. where he continued farming. As the population in Orange County grew, farm land got thinner and the Stehly Family felt the pressure and knew it was time to get back to open land. In 1964, Jerome Sr. moved the farm to where it sits now in Valley Cente

Valley Center

Nopalito Farm & Hopyard is a regenerative farm on 15 acres of chaparral foothills in Valley Center, on historic land of the Luiseño Payómkawichum people, stewarded by the Brownwood family since 2015. The certified organic orchards, flower fields, and botanicals share the land with wildlife habitat and cabins bookable through Hipcamp for overnight farm stays.

Rancho Guejito has run cattle on its roughly 23,000-acre Escondido property since 1845, making it one of California's last intact Mexican land grant ranchos still in operation. The ranch sells 100% grass-fed, hormone- and antibiotic-free beef in boxed assortments for local pickup or delivery around San Diego County.

Garden 31 is a San Diego County nonprofit that trains and mentors at-risk youth and adults — including formerly incarcerated and justice-impacted community members — in regenerative agriculture and life skills. The next generation of farmers grows organic produce for communities with limited access to healthy whole foods, alongside school gardens, rehabilitation, and food equity programs.

Escondido

Archi's Acres grows certified organic, hydroponic produce on Lilac Road in Escondido and supplies it to San Diego County businesses year-round. Since 2006 the farm has also trained military veterans in sustainable agriculture through its VSAT program, now run under the Archi Institute, and hosts guests on-site.

Escondido

Valley Center

The Lavender Fields sits on Keys Creek Road in Valley Center, part of the North San Diego County backcountry known for small flower and lavender growers. The business's old web domain is now parked for sale, so current operating status, hours, and offerings could not be confirmed.

Valley Center

Eric's Valencia Orchard grows Valencia oranges at the corner of Cole Grade and Tyler roads in Valley Center, part of San Diego County's inland citrus and avocado belt. Valencias are a late-season variety, typically picked from spring into summer after the navel crop finishes. No contact info is listed online.

Vista

Sand n' Straw Community Farm is a family-owned regenerative farm on six acres in Vista, California, growing dozens of pesticide-free crops — from avocados, dragon fruit, and citrus to tomatoes, squash, and berries — using organic, permaculture, and soil-building practices. The farm stand opens Wednesday and Saturday with produce, small-batch jams, raw honey, sourdough, and teas, and a $35 weekly CSA farm box comes with recipes, quarterly farm tours, and member discounts.

Pauma Valley

Poway

Old Poway Farmers' Market sets up on Midland Road next to Old Poway Park, home to the restored Poway-Midland Railroad steam train and a cluster of relocated 19th-century buildings. Market day, vendor count, and contact details aren't confirmed online.

The City of Poway Saturday Farmers Market has run since 1993, managed by the same family the entire time, at Old Poway Park on Midland Road. Hours are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine, with more than 65 vendors selling certified California produce, flowers, baked goods, and hot food. Expect street detours near the park between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. on market days.

Poway Farmers Market is a weekly market in this San Diego County city. We haven't confirmed its current day, hours or location for this listing — details will be added once verified.

Vista

Carlsbad

The Wise Ox's La Costa location on El Camino Real brings Chef Brad Wise's chef-driven butcher shop to North County San Diego. Expect hand-cut meats from serious butchers, a seven-sandwich menu that includes a much-loved Philly cheesesteak and smoked bologna, and the Ox Box monthly meat subscription curated by the chef.

Solidarity Farm is a worker-owned cooperative in Valley Center, North San Diego County, growing vegetables and running a CSA and on-site farm stand. Through their Foodshed Cooperative partnership they also supply eggs, meat, fish, and neighboring beekeepers' honey to local restaurants and retailers.

Pauma Valley

San Diego

This certified market sets up Saturdays, 9am to 1pm, on Salmon River Road near Fairgrove Lane in the Rancho Peñasquitos area of San Diego — "PQ" is local shorthand for the neighborhood. It's a small community market without much of a web presence beyond Yelp, which is fairly typical for a certified market that draws mostly from its own zip code.

Rancho Santa Fe

Rancho Santa Fe is an unincorporated San Diego County community built on old avocado and citrus ranch land, among the wealthiest zip codes in the country. This certified market sets up on San Dieguito Road, drawing growers from the surrounding ranches and coastal North County farms.

Prager Brothers grew out of a backyard oven in 2013 into a slow-fermented sourdough bakery with wood-fired pizza and viennoiserie, now running three San Diego County shops — Carlsbad, Encinitas, and Hillcrest.

Ramona

Farmhouse Getaways rents out two agritourism properties in Ramona: the four-acre Red Barn Ranch, with a pool, on-site market, game barn, and farm animals, and the eight-acre Mountain Retreat, with hiking trails and a private hot tub. Both operate as eco-focused vacation stays for individuals, families, and events like weddings and reunions.

The Bonsall Certified Farmer's Market and Open Air Fair sets up every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bonsall Elementary School. The Bonsall Education Foundation runs it as a fundraiser for the Bonsall Union School District, so vendor fees circle back to local classrooms. Stalls carry fresh vegetables, fruit, seafood, meat, nuts, honey, cheese, cut flowers, herbs, plants, and soap, alongside baked goods, prepared foods, and handmade crafts.

Encinitas

Coastal Roots Farm is a nonprofit community farm in Encinitas that cultivates healthy, connected communities by integrating sustainable agriculture, food justice, and ancient Jewish wisdom. The farm donates fresh produce to families in need and offers farm tours, field trips, nature play, volunteering, internships, and a farm film and music series.

Encinitas

Lone Jack Orchards grows organic fruit on Lone Jack Road in the Olivenhain area of Encinitas, with figs as the signature crop alongside Eureka lemons and other seasonal fruit that rotates through the year. It's a small, family-run operation — check their site for what's ripe before you drive out, since availability shifts week to week with the harvest.

Pauma Valley

Fairfield Farms, established in 2003 by Carol and Bill Steed, grows organic blueberries and avocados in Pauma Valley's one-of-a-kind microclimate north of San Diego. The family-run farm runs on-site solar power, its own reservoir, and on-site packing, with blueberries available April through June and avocados February through August in retail stores.

Carmel Valley Certified Farmers Market, the San Diego neighborhood, not the Central Coast town, takes over the Canyon Crest Academy parking lot every Thursday from 2:30 to 7 p.m., rain or shine. Beyond the produce tables, flowers, sauces, local goat cheese, handcrafted chocolate, organic pastries, and specialty coffee round out a lineup that leans more food-hall than typical produce stand.

Quixote Farm operates in California. Specific crops, location, and hours weren't confirmed for this listing.

California

Harbour Farm & Vineyard is on Highway 67 in Ramona, inside the Ramona Valley AVA, a designated wine-grape appellation in San Diego County's inland backcountry. No further confirmed details on what Harbour Farm grows, bottles, or sells directly.

PAUMA VALLEY

Encinitas

Weidners' Gardens has grown flowers on Normandy Road in Encinitas since 1974, when Bob and Evelyn Weidner started the nursery as a retirement project built around their love of begonias. The retail and wholesale operation grows roughly 90% of what it sells, including begonias, fuchsias, succulents, herbs and fruit trees, and ships begonia and fuchsia cuttings to florists across California.

Ramona

Encinitas

Nice2eetu runs a small biodynamic garden operation out of Orpheus Avenue in Encinitas, pairing urban food growing with pet care services. It's a modest agritourism stop rather than a destination farm — call ahead if you want to see the gardens or arrange a visit.

Plant Beach Farm is a California grower with no crop or location details on file yet.