Farms Near Huntsville, AL

Huntsville

Huntsville Hospital hosts this market at the Plaza Resource Center tram station on Governors Drive, open Thursday mornings, 7:30 to 11:30 a.m., April through October. It's cash-and-check only, so plan ahead before loading up on fresh produce, artisan bread, gourmet slaw, cheese, jams, local honey, and coffee.

The Greene Street Market at Nativity is downtown Huntsville's producer-only farmers market, held Thursday afternoons from early May through late October at 208 Eustis Avenue. Growers bring locally raised vegetables, fruit, herbs, and cut flowers, joined by meats, prepared foods, handmade crafts, musicians, and food trucks. May-through-August hours run 3 to 7 p.m., shifting to 3 p.m. until sundown in fall. Contact them at [email protected] or (256) 682-4429.

Huntsville

Huntsville Food & Farm Hub isn't a market stall — it's an online order window that bundles products from more than 30 north Alabama producers into one delivery. Shop Thursday through Sunday, then pick up Tuesdays or get it delivered; the list runs from grass-fed beef and pasture-raised eggs to sourdough, goat cheese, and honey. Producers set their own prices and keep 95% of the sale, which is the model's whole pitch against typical grocery markups.

Howling Fresh Farm is a bi-weekly CSA serving the Huntsville, Alabama area, harvesting fresh from March through December. Founder Ryan Reece started it during 2020, growing hand-tended vegetables and adding grass-fed beef and pork, pasture-raised eggs, bread, honey, and artisan goods from small Tennessee Valley producers. Members pick up their shares locally. The farm's name comes from Bailey, a bluetick hound whose howling set the tone.

Huntsville

Ayers Farm Farmers Market has sold farm-fresh produce in Huntsville, Alabama for over 40 years, with a year-round store at 1022 Cook Avenue and a location on Meridian Street. The family-run market specializes in Amish-raised produce and pantry goods, stocking canned fruits, jellies, homemade pies, and seasonal peaches and watermelons. Call 256-533-5667 to check what's in season.

Huntsville

Held every Wednesday, 4 to 7 p.m., on Meadow Drive, this cash-only market is organized by the Terry Heights and Hillendale Organization as part of a summer-long push to get fresh produce into a neighborhood that needs better access to it. It's a community food-access project first and a shopping stop second — bring cash, since cards aren't an option here.

HUNTSVILLE

Set up next to the railroad tracks at Latham United Methodist Church on Weatherly Road, this is the only state-certified market inside Huntsville city limits. Tuesdays from 3 to 6 p.m., May through September, bring fresh fruit, produce, meat, eggs, cheese, bakery goods, and roasted coffee and tea to South Huntsville.

Huntsville

Artisans Cove appears in Tennessee market listings, but little verified information is published beyond a basic vendor-market entry. No confirmed location, hours, or product list is available online at this time.

Huntsville

Bailey Cove Farmers' Market sets up Saturdays, 8 a.m. to noon, April through early September, on the grounds of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in southeast Huntsville. Vendors sell produce, meats, eggs, baked goods, honey, flowers, pickles, coffee, and dog treats. Call (256) 880-0247 for details.

Huntsville

Sherry's Berrries is listed at a Countess Road address in Huntsville, in Madison County's Tennessee Valley. The name suggests a berry farm, but no current website or social page confirms what's in season or when it's open.

Oakwood Farms Market is a health-food store run by Oakwood University in northwest Huntsville, Alabama, stocking farm-fresh produce from mostly local growers along with bulk goods, a smoothie bar, and a bistro serving vegan and vegetarian plates. It has operated as a university agricultural venture since 2016, across from the Oakwood campus off Adventist Boulevard. A separate open-air farmers market runs at the same spot on Fridays from April through October.

Shannon Drake Farms sells fresh produce along Highway 431 South at 160 Cave Spring Road in Owens Cross Roads, Alabama. The family operation also offers locally raised Angus beef with no antibiotics, plus homemade jams, jellies, salsas, relishes, and chow-chow. Call 256-604-9761 to ask what's picked and stocked that day.

Huntsville

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Huntsville

Brownsboro

The Field of Screams runs as a Halloween-season attraction on Highway 72 near Brownsboro, in Madison County east of Huntsville. The name points to a haunted-attraction draw timed to fall rather than a working farm operation. No public listing of dates or admission was found — call ahead.

Huntsville

McCrary Farms operates as McVille Manor on McVille Lane in Huntsville and is building out an online farm-product market, according to its website. As of the last check, the store hadn't launched yet, and the farm said updates would come through Facebook first.

Gurley

New Market

Locust Grove Farmers Market meets on the grounds of Locust Grove Baptist Church in New Market, open seasonally from June through September. It's a small community market serving the rural stretch of northern Madison County between Huntsville and the Tennessee line. Vendor and hours updates run through its Instagram page rather than a standalone website.

New Market

The Vineyard at FrogHoller is a u-pick vineyard tucked into Hurricane Valley outside New Market, and one of the few in the area set up for visitors to harvest their own grapes. The picking season runs weekends only, from September into early October, with Saturday hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. — closed the rest of the week.

Meridianville

Bill's Honey Farm has sold local honey since 1975, when Bill Mullins started the operation; his sons Todd and Ted run it today. The Meridianville farm sells raw honey, bee pollen, cut comb, and beeswax candles in more than 60 varieties, and hosts homeschool tours and candle-making classes by request. It runs on an honor system for after-hours buyers: take what you need, leave cash in the box.

Meridianville

Tate Farms bills itself as north Alabama's oldest and largest retail pumpkin farm, with 80-plus acres of pick-your-own pumpkins on Moores Mill Road in Meridianville. The Tate family also farms 10,000 acres of corn, cotton, soybeans, and wheat nearby. Fall visitors get 20-plus acres of activities, farm-style meals at Tate's Table, and the annual Pumpkin Destruction Day every October 31. General admission runs $20 for ages two and up.

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Meridianville

Mullins Orchard has run as a seasonal u-pick operation in Meridianville since 2008, growing blackberries, blueberries, muscadine grapes, and pecans on six acres, plus honey and homemade jams sold at the stand. WHNT News 19 has covered the farm's tours and animal-petting area, a draw for families beyond the fruit rows. Pick times are limited, historically a few evening hours midweek, so calling ahead before a visit is smart.

Huntsville

Oscar Webster Road in southeast Huntsville is the listed address for The Vision, an agritourism property in Madison County's Tennessee Valley. No public details on events or offerings are posted — contact them directly before visiting.

Gurley

Viridian Ridge combines two things under one roof on Hurricane Creek Road near Gurley: an emotional boot camp program and a working bee farm, in the ridge-and-valley country of northeast Madison County. No public details on honey sales, hours, or program enrollment are posted — contact them directly.

Lacey's Spring

New Market

Hubert Family Farms switched a working row-crop operation — corn, cotton, wheat, soybeans — into a u-pick flower farm in the Appalachian foothills near New Market. Their tulip festival opens the season each spring, followed by a sunflower field in the fall, and there's a small gift shop on site. Open 9 to 5. It's a shift from traditional Alabama row cropping toward agritourism, with flowers now the main event.

MADISON

Madison City Farmers Market started in 2007 as the area's original producer-only market, meaning everything sold is grown or made by the vendor standing behind the table, not resold. It runs Saturday mornings from mid-April through early November on a grassy, partly shaded lot on Hughes Road, with produce, eggs, meat, honey, and baked goods from local farms.

S&J Produce Farms sells fresh local fruits and vegetables from a stand at Clift Farm, 8126 Highway 72 West in Madison, Alabama, across from Target. Alongside produce it carries local honey, Amish jellies, farm-fresh eggs, baked pies and cheesecakes, pickled goods, and fruit slushies. It serves the Madison, Huntsville, and Athens communities and opens daily, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Call (256) 890-5999 to check the day's produce.

Harvest

Harvest Farm Blueberries grows blueberries in Harvest, a Madison County community just northwest of Huntsville. No website or business listing confirms current picking hours, pricing, or acreage — contact the farm directly before planning a visit.

Laceys Spring

Collinette Flowers was a U-pick cut flower farm Katherine Adams started in Laceys Spring after seeing photos of dahlias online. On a 7,500-square-foot plot she grew gomphrena, zinnias, cosmos and sunflowers for customers to cut their own bouquets. The farm closed permanently in July 2024, so this listing reflects what it was rather than a place still open for visits.

New Market

Brown Farms has worked the same New Market land since 1950 across three generations, growing cotton, wheat and corn as its main crops. Its 15 acres of strawberries draw the crowds each spring, open for U-pick and already-picked berries from mid-April through May, alongside homemade ice cream and baked goods from Mrs. Brown. A shop on site also sells ferns and farmhouse home decor.

New Market

Mint Springs Road in New Market is home to Zook's Orchard, part of Madison County farmland known regionally for its apple orchards. Which fruit varieties are open for picking, and current hours, aren't posted publicly — call ahead.

Laceys Spring

Our Happy Place Blueberry Farm sells chemical-free, pick-your-own blueberries for $3 a pound in Laceys Spring, a Morgan County farm that started out in 2006 under a different name, Pendley Farms. The rebrand stuck, and the farm has built a following of nearly 700 people on Facebook who track picking updates there each season. It's a straightforward operation: bring a container, pick, pay by the pound.

Hazel Green

Scott's Orchard grows apples and peaches for pick-your-own on Scott Road in Hazel Green, just north of Huntsville, and runs a farm store stocked with honey, jelly, jam, molasses, and fresh-pressed cider alongside a small bakery. Hours shift with the harvest, so call 256-828-4563 or email [email protected] before driving out.

Harvest

Turner Farms sits in Harvest, a fast-growing community in Madison County just west of Huntsville. No public details on crops, products, or visiting hours turned up — call ahead before making the drive.

New Hope

Big D's Curb Market sits on Highway 431 South in New Hope, in the Tennessee Valley area of northeast Alabama, and carries USDA-certified organic products alongside its regular produce stand. Specific hours weren't confirmed online — call ahead or check in person for what's currently in stock.

Five Oaks Farm raises Santa Gertrudis and crossbred beef on pasture in Shelbyville, using rotational grazing and low-stress handling. Jim and Tammy Graves started the family farm in 1993, and its beef store at 819 Gant Road sells individual cuts plus, at times, whole, half, and quarter shares. The farm belongs to Santa Gertrudis Breeders International and the Tennessee Cattlemen's Association.

Toney

Hyde's Harvest is a small vineyard in Toney growing grapes and muscadines. It runs on a smaller, more personal scale than the larger u-pick operations nearby, with updates on ripening and picking times posted to its Facebook page rather than a public schedule. Worth a call before visiting to confirm what's ready to pick.

Hazel Green

Madison

established in 1876 Southard Farms is a fifth generation farm started in 1876 at the current location in Limestone County, Alabama. We are diversifying into pastured poultry, egg, and pork production which started in 2019. Our goal in this is to provide clean healthy food raised in a manner that respects the animals natural instincts and allows them to live a life that honors them. Through studying Joel Salatin's holistic clean food production methods we are providing the innovation this offers

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Toney

Blue Willow Farm is on J Cross Road in Toney, a Madison County community north of Huntsville. No current website or listing describes what's grown or when the farm is open to visitors.

Ardmore

Boyd Family Farm sits on State Line Road in Ardmore, a town split between Alabama and Tennessee in the Tennessee Valley. No public details on products or seasonal hours are listed yet — call ahead before visiting.

Taft

The Lincoln County 4-H Honor Club runs this u-pick blueberry patch on Ardmore Highway in Taft as a youth fundraiser. During the summer season it stays open seven days a week through daylight hours, closing once the berries run out, usually around mid-August. Visitors pick their own by the quart or gallon, and 4-H members sell pre-picked berries as well. The UT-TSU Extension office in Lincoln County coordinates the patch and posts updates on Facebook.

Taft

Richard and Shelley Lyon started this Taft farm's pumpkin operation in 2006, building on earlier Christmas-tree and vegetable growing. The fall lineup runs deep: pick-your-own pumpkin fields reached by hayride, a corn maze, petting zoo, pig races, zip lines, giant slides, and a corn pit, plus an on-site cafe and ice cream shop. Field trips start around $12 a person. Phone (931) 438-9938.

Somerville

William and Lora Mims grow blueberries on their Somerville farm without chemical sprays. The u-pick season runs from late June or early July until the berries run out, typically by late August or early September, sunrise to sunset, seven days a week. Payment is cash only. It's one of several u-pick blueberry operations scattered across Morgan County, part of north Alabama's blueberry belt.

Somerville

Somerville

Nancy Fagerman's farm is on Gilchrist Road in Somerville, a Morgan County community in north Alabama's Tennessee Valley. No specific crops or hours are listed publicly for this address.

Somerville

Fagerman Farm shares the same Gilchrist Road address in Somerville listed above under Nancy Fagerman, suggesting one family operation entered twice. Morgan County's Tennessee Valley farmland surrounds the property; no product details are posted publicly.

Elora

1818 Farms works three acres in the historic village of Mooresville, Alabama, named for the year the town was incorporated. Natasha McCrary started it in 2011 after her son fell for Babydoll Southdown sheep; those sheep, goats, hens, and Great Pyrenees now share the property with a field of more than 15,000 flowers. Beyond the flowers, it makes small-batch skincare and home goods and hosts garden dinners and parties. Reach them at [email protected] or 256-489-0777.

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Eva

Vest U Pick It runs a u-pick farm and farm stand on Eva Road in Morgan County, offering pick-your-own produce through the growing season. It's registered as a fruit and vegetable grower, one of a cluster of small operations along this stretch of north Alabama. Reach the farm by phone to check what's in season before driving out.

Somerville

Gullion Farms runs field trips and hands-on farm days at its Peck Hollow Road property in Somerville, with events built around "Saturdays in October." Visitors come for a working look at farm life rather than a produce stand — this is an educational and event-based operation. The farm is cash and check only; no cards accepted.

Grant

Norman and Gaynell Byram's farm is listed on Jc Beck Lane on Sand Mountain in northeast Alabama. No public website or listing describes what they grow or when the farm is open to visitors.

Guntersville

Phillips Farms is listed in Guntersville, on the shore of Lake Guntersville in Marshall County. No website or business listing turned up in this research pass, so crop details and hours aren't independently confirmed — call ahead if you plan a visit.