Farms Near Grass Valley, CA

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Nevada County Certified Growers' Market is held at the Historic North Star House on Auburn Road in Grass Valley, a former Gold Rush mining town in the Sierra foothills. Growers from Nevada County's small farms and orchards sell direct at the historic estate grounds.

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For 30 years, Back to Basics Farm has raised poultry in Grass Valley in the Sierra foothills, growing from feeding one family into a neighborhood business run by Katie — a Chico State agriculture business graduate and Nevada County Farm Bureau board member — and Justin. Chickens and turkeys are raised on all-natural feeds without added medications or hormones, and the farm funds scholarships for graduating FFA students at Nevada Union and Bear River each year.

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Back to Basics Farm is a family farm in Grass Valley, in the Sierra foothills, that has raised poultry for its family and neighborhood for 30 years. Run by Katie, an ag-business graduate who took over the farm in 2018, it raises chickens and turkeys on all-natural feeds with no added medications or hormones, and gives back through scholarships for local FFA and 4-H students.

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Family Friendly Farms is a Northern California family farm in Grass Valley that has ranched for over twenty years, offering 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef and lamb, free-range and pasture-raised chicken, and pasture-raised pork — no added hormones, antibiotics, corn, soy, or GMOs. The farm began at a local farmers market booth and still offers farmers-market prices through its online store, from individual cuts up to whole shares, plus home delivery and local pickup.

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Starbright Acres Family Farm grows certified organic, planet-friendly food on Polaris Drive in Grass Valley for the surrounding community. The farm participates in the Collaborative CSA, sells vegetable starts and farm credit online, and invests in the local food network through school agriculture programs and community education.

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On Polaris Drive in Grass Valley, Starbright Acres Family Farm grows certified organic food for its local community and sells through the Collaborative CSA and area outlets. The farm also raises vegetable starts, offers farm credit through its online store, and supports school agricultural programs across Nevada County.

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Here at Back to Basics, we are a family farm located in Idaho in the small town of New Plymouth. We moved to New Plymouth but could never give up our love of farming. We continued with our same first goal of raising poultry for our family and our neighborhood. As the months have passed our farm has had the opportunity to expand and become a local business with the idea of community in mind. Back to Basics farm is unique in the way that we raise everything we sell to ensure we are putting out the

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After working internationally in Architecture and Real-Estate Development for many years, Philip Zeiter longed to remove himself and his wife from the fast pace of big business in order to homestead a parcel of land and begin a simpler family lifestyle. The young couple desired to raise their children in a peaceful, healthy environment while developing the land into a spiritual retreat site where other families could visit in order to enjoy special family time together within the peaceful realm

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Starbright Acres Family Farm in Grass Valley, California produces certified organic, planet-friendly food for the local community. The farm sells through the Collaborative CSA and local outlets, offers vegetable starts, and supports the local food network by working with school agricultural programs and sharing farming knowledge with the community.

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Family Friendly Farms began over twenty years ago with a booth at a Grass Valley farmers market and a desire to raise naturally grown, humanely treated animals. The Northern California family farm sells 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef and lamb, pasture-raised pork, and free-range chicken — never any hormones, antibiotics, corn, soy, or GMOs — at farmers-market prices online, from single cuts to whole shares, with transparent at-cost shipping, home delivery, and local pickup.

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The Draft Horse Classic and Harvest Fair has run at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley since 1987, billed as the premier draft horse show in the western United States. Pulling competitions, halter classes, driving classes, and choreographed performances fill the arena under the fairgrounds' tall pines each September. The harvest fair side adds vendors and seasonal programming alongside the horse events.

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McClaughry Farms Honey keeps bees along Colfax Highway outside Grass Valley, in the Sierra foothills of Nevada County. No current product list or contact details are available online.

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Grass Valley has run a farmers market since 1980, now spread across three weekly slots downtown near Mill and Main: Saturdays, April through November, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Tuesdays, May through September, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and Thursday evenings in early summer at Mill Street Plaza with a concert series attached.

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Linda Grace's Place Farm is on Friendly Valley Place outside Grass Valley, in the pine-and-oak foothill country of Nevada County, old Gold Rush terrain that today supports small orchards, pasture, and mixed homestead farms at elevation. No further confirmed details on what the farm grows or offers visitors.

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BriarPatch Food Co-op in Grass Valley has been a collectively owned, neighborly grocery since 1976, sourcing local, organic, and sustainable goods and working directly with area farmers to plan crops and stabilize their income. Owners get discounts, voting rights, and dividends — and kids under 12 get a free apple, banana, or carrot to munch while shopping.

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Loma Rica Organic Farm sits on the Loma Rica bench above Grass Valley, a flat stretch of Nevada County farmland at higher elevation than the surrounding Sierra foothill mining country — well-drained ground that's long drawn small organic growers. No verified specifics on this farm's current crops, CSA, or hours turned up online this session.

A farmers market on Bubbling Wells Road in Grass Valley, in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Nevada County — Gold Rush country built around the old Empire Mine.

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Lazy Valley Ranch grows pick-your-own blueberries and blackberries in the Sierra foothills near Penn Valley, using organic-approved sprays and fertilizers on its rows. The ranch keeps informal hours — Sunday through Thursday, 9am to 4pm, closed Friday and Saturday — with no appointment needed. Cash and checks only.

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The Haunted Pumpkin Patch in Grass Valley runs a pumpkin patch by day and a haunted house by night through November, with separate mild (ages 5+) and scarier evening experiences. Daytime admission is $15; nighttime tickets run $15-$20 depending on age. They take cash, credit, and Venmo.

Bierwagen's Donner Trail Fruit and Pumpkin Patch is a working family farm on Lower Colfax Road near Grass Valley, open Wednesday through Sunday during its season. Beyond u-pick and pre-gathered fruit, the farm runs a mini corn maze, hay and wagon rides, a petting zoo, pony rides, and sells honey harvested from its own hives on site.

Auburn

Open Saturday mornings, 8 a.m. to noon, spring through fall, at 11665 Lakeshore North inside the Lake of the Pines community near Auburn. Neighbors gather to buy locally grown produce from vendors serving this Nevada County foothill development.

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This Saturday market runs mornings, 8am to noon, spring through fall, at 10056 Combie Road in Auburn. Vendors bring seasonal produce, handcrafted goods, and other locally made items to the Combie Road corridor near Lake of the Pines, serving Auburn and Nevada County shoppers looking for a smaller, community-run alternative to the bigger valley markets.

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Dry Creek Herb Farm has grown organic herbs and edible plants in the Sierra gold country since 2006. Beyond the retail gardens, where visitors can walk through and buy plants directly from the source, the farm runs as a working learning center offering herbalism classes and apprenticeships. Owner Mary Evans Peterson built the operation around hands-on plant education rather than just sales, and the gardens stay open for browsing through the growing season.

Rough and Ready

Amaizing Cattle Drive is listed on Cattle Drive Road in Rough and Ready, a small unincorporated Nevada County community in Gold Country. Its name suggests a corn maze paired with a cattle-drive attraction, a common fall agritourism combination in the region, but no working website turned up to confirm current activities or season.

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Riverhill Farm grows certified organic produce on Cement Hill Road outside Nevada City, on land that still holds Native American grinding rocks once used to process acorns from the property's oak trees. Italian immigrant farmers worked this same ground in the late 1800s. Now more than a decade in, the farm holds Real Organic Project certification, a stricter standard than USDA organic alone.

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Colfax

Charleston Lavender Farm sits at the corner of Yankee Jims and Pine Hollow roads in Colfax, where visitors can walk the rows during Lavender U-Pick Days on Fridays and Sundays each June and July. Open house weekends bring in other local vendors selling handcrafted goods alongside the farm's lavender products.

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OLaLa Farms, a family farm in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Nevada City, cultivates and wildcrafts organically grown flowers, herbs, fruits, vegetables, barks, and roots in service of everyday natural wellness. Orchard crops include apples, chestnuts, pears, persimmons, and plums, alongside watercress and herbs.

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Founded by John Tecklin in 1997 on the San Juan Ridge near Nevada City, Mountain Bounty Farm is the oldest and largest CSA farm in the Sierras — an 18-acre organic farm whose land is protected in perpetuity with the Bear Yuba Land Trust. The year-round CSA delivers organic vegetable and fruit boxes, plus partner shares of flowers and mushrooms, to pickups from Grass Valley to Truckee, Tahoe, and Reno, and the farm's strawberries headline the Saturday Nevada City Farmers Market each summer.

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First Rain Farm, established in 2012 at 2,500 feet in the Sierra Nevada foothills outside Nevada City, grows certified organic produce (CCOF) across 3.5 cultivated acres and 26 crop varieties using no-till practices since 2017, producing 90% of its fertility needs on-farm through animals and compost. The farm also runs a herd of 160 Nubian and Kiko goats offering land stewardship services — goat vegetation management, forest thinning, and prescribed burning — and sells at local farmers markets.

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At 2,500 feet outside Nevada City, First Rain Farm grows CCOF-certified organic produce on 3.5 no-till acres, generating 90% of its fertility on-farm with animals and compost since its 2012 founding. Its herd of 160 Nubian and Kiko goats doubles as a land stewardship service for vegetation management, forest thinning, and prescribed burn support, and the farm's 26 crop varieties sell at local farmers markets.

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First Rain Farm is located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, just outside of Nevada City, California. At 2500’ elevation, the farm is a mixture of coniferous and deciduous tree species, which surround our fields and dominate the landscape. Trees love growing here, and so do we! We are lucky to have Brush Creek meander through our farm, providing moisture for riparian plant species and habitat for the abundant wildlife. Brush Creek is a tributary of the South Yuba River which is just down th

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In 2007 the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce conducted the “Great Nevada City Survey” and 89% of respondents called for the creation of a walkable marketplace. Community members and producers came together to create the Nevada City Farmers Market Association. It is a joint venture of the community, local farmers who practice sustainable agriculture, and local businesses. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life and economic resilience of our community by providing access to high quality, loc

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OLaLa Farms is a family-owned farm in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Nevada City, California, devoted to the art of self-healing through the cultivation and wildcrafting of organically grown flowers, herbs, fruits, vegetables, barks, and roots. The farm grows organic apples, chestnuts, pears, persimmons, plums, and watercress.

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Mountain Bounty Farm is the oldest and largest CSA farm in the Sierras, an 18-acre organic farm on the San Juan Ridge near Nevada City founded by John Tecklin in 1997. Its year-round CSA delivers boxes of organic vegetables and fruit — plus seasonal fruit, flower, and mushroom shares from farm partners — to pickup locations in Nevada City, Grass Valley, Auburn, the Lake Tahoe basin, Truckee, and Reno, and the farm's land is held in perpetuity through a partnership with the Bear Yuba Land Trust.

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With our CSA program, you not only receive delicious produce, but you also support the economic sustainability of our rural community. Our farm is located high on the forested contours of the San Juan Ridge near Nevada City, California. We are the oldest and largest CSA farm in the Sierras, and we have been providing our community with high-quality produce since 1997. With your support, we can continue to provide the highest quality produce for our area and inspire a connection to food and the j

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Richards Ranch in Modesto operates as a rustic event barn rather than a working farm stand, based on its current online listings.

Auburn

Amber Oaks Raspberries is a family-owned u-pick farm on Shanley Road outside Auburn, open Saturdays from 9am to 2pm and closed the rest of the week. Beyond the raspberries in its name, the farm grows blackberries, peaches, mandarins, squash, and tomatoes, offering both pick-your-own and pre-picked orders depending on what's ripe that week.

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Lincoln

Stirling Oak Cellars is a winery listed on Lone Pine Lane outside Lincoln, in the granite-soil oak country of western Placer County. The domain that once hosted its website is now parked and inactive. No details on varietals or tasting hours are available online.

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BriarPatch Food Co-op's Auburn store brings the community-owned grocer's formula — local, organic, and sustainable goods — to Placer County. Collectively owned by its shoppers since 1976, the co-op partners with local farmers on crop planning to support their financial stability, and offers owner discounts, patronage dividends, and free fruit for kids while they shop.

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AnneBelle Farms sits on Grass Valley Highway in Auburn, California, in the Sierra foothills of Placer County - gold country terrain that gradually gave way to orchards, vineyards, and small farms after the mining era.