Farms Near Northfield, MN

Northfield

Lorence's Berry Farm is a fifth-generation family farm on County Road 23 between Apple Valley and Northfield, Minnesota, with pre-picked asparagus from May, u-pick and pre-picked strawberries from mid-June, and raspberries running into fall — containers provided, cash or check only. The red shed also sells frozen berries by the bag or 28-pound bucket, local honey, maple syrup, and jams, and the family sells at farmers markets across the south metro.

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HD Beef Works is a family operation ten miles west of Northfield, Minnesota raising premium grass-fed beef on five free-range pastures — no antibiotics, growth hormones, or insecticides, finished entirely on fresh perennial grasses. The beef is dry-aged fourteen days, vacuum packed, and cut to order: choose a traditional cut or specify your preferences directly to the butcher.

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Hanappe Ranch raises cattle on 275th Street West outside Northfield, Minnesota, selling beef direct — call or email to arrange a visit, learn about the herd, or place an order.

Northfield

Riverwalk Market Fair runs every Saturday from May 16 through October 31, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Bridge Square along the Cannon River in downtown Northfield. It combines farm vendors with local artisans and makers rather than running as a produce-only market, and closes September 12 for Defeat of Jesse James Days. Organizers describe a commitment to keeping food accessible to the whole community, with vendor and sponsor applications handled through the market's website.

Northfield

The winter edition of Riverwalk Market Fair moves indoors to Northfield Middle School, running Saturdays from November 21 through December 19, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with an added Thursday, December 10 date tied to the town's Winter Walk event at Armory Square. It's run by the same nonprofit behind Northfield's summer Bridge Square market, just scaled down for the cold months.

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Fossum Family Farm raises suri and huacaya alpacas alongside Scottish Highland cattle and Boer goats south of Northfield. The alpaca fleece becomes yarn and finished goods like sweaters and hats, sold through the farm store. Tours and fiber demonstrations show visitors how raw fleece turns into a sweater. A mixed-livestock operation with fiber at its center.

Northfield

Northfield runs an unusually full schedule for a town its size: Tuesdays and Fridays 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., plus Saturdays 9 to 11 a.m., with fresh seasonal produce, flowers, and plants. It's a separate operation from the well-known Riverwalk Market Fair on Bridge Square, which runs Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. from mid-May through October.

Northfield

Northfield

Northfield

This 320th Street address in rural Northfield is home to Little Hill Berry Farm, a certified-organic grower. It sells pre-picked strawberries from August into early October and opens pick-your-own organic raspberries from mid-August through mid-September at $8 a pound. The late strawberry season comes from day-neutral varieties rather than the usual June crop. The farm sits in Rice County, south of the Twin Cities.

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Northfield

Bridgewater Produce Farm has grown fruits and vegetables two miles from downtown Northfield for more than 50 years. Fall brings a 6-acre corn maze, billed as the largest south of the river, plus a u-pick pumpkin patch with more than 30 varieties of pumpkins, gourds, and squash, hayrides, yard games, and a corn box.

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Cherry Leaf Farm grew an unusual crop for Minnesota: 650 bushes of cold-hardy tart cherries, planted by owner John Porterfield after two years of research into varieties that survive the climate. The farm also offered u-pick raspberries and strawberries at its Decker Avenue site outside Northfield. It has since closed permanently. The cherry bushes were chosen to yield a sweeter tart fruit than standard orchard trees.

Dundas

Grace and Paul Silkey run this pick-your-own farm outside Dundas on land their family has held since 1952. Roughly three acres of strawberries lead the season, followed by raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, cherries, and about an acre of apples. They provide containers and offer pre-picked fruit when labor allows. Beyond the farm, their berries reach the Wedge and Linden Hills co-ops and markets in Dundas, Dennison, and Faribault.

Dundas

Dundas Farmers Market sets up at Mill Park along the Mill Towns Trail every Thursday afternoon, roughly 2 to 6 p.m., May through October. Vendors sell artisan breads, produce, herbs, jams, and heirloom tomato seedlings. Dundas sits just south of Northfield along the Cannon River, and the trailside location pulls in cyclists as much as regular shoppers.

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Little Hill Berry Farm is one of the few certified-organic pick-your-own berry farms in Minnesota, on 320th Street West outside Northfield, about 45 minutes south of the Twin Cities. Aaron Wills and Molly McGovern Wills grow blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and currants. The season opens with a plant sale in May, moves to u-pick blueberries and currants in July, and finishes with pre-picked strawberries and raspberries in August and September.

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Farmington

Castle Rock Orchard grows more than 1,350 dwarf apple trees on a trellis system across two acres, three miles south of Farmington and Lakeville on Highway 3. Pick-your-own varieties include Zestar, SweeTango, SnowSweet, Chestnut Crab, and Honeycrisp. The farm also sells pumpkins, squash, gourds, cucumbers, and tomatoes, plus homemade apple butter, jams, and preserves. Reach them at (651) 463-7387.

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Highview Pastures raises grass-fed Angus beef and free-range pasture turkeys and chickens on a small Dakota County operation outside Farmington. No hormones or antibiotics are used, and the farm sells 100% grass-fed beef direct to nearby households. It's the kind of pasture-based setup that trades scale for closer control over how the animals are raised.

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Auntie Annie's Fields raises meat chickens, laying hens, and a few hogs each year on organic feed and pasture, about 45 minutes south of Minneapolis. Owner Elizabeth O'Sullivan named the farm for her great-aunt Anne. The hens are a slower-growing breed suited to pasture life. Eggs reach Twin Cities homes through TC Farms and turn up as a CSA add-on at nearby Open Hands Farm, plus on the menus at Martha's Eats and Treats and Raven's Nest Cafe.

Dundas

A small family farm at 12456 Bagley Avenue in Dundas, about 45 minutes south of Minneapolis, raising chickens and hogs on pasture and organic feed. Owner Elizabeth O'Sullivan keeps slow-growth chicken breeds bred for outdoor vitality. Their pastured eggs reach Twin Cities homes through TC Farms and show up as a CSA add-on at Open Hands Farm and on menus at nearby Northfield cafes. Reach the farm at [email protected] or (507) 645-4662.

Dennison

Dennison Farmers Market runs Wednesdays, 5 to 7 p.m., starting in late May, in the city park of this small Goodhue County town. Vendors bring vegetables, eggs, baked goods, and seasonal items like pumpkins in the fall — Heidi Cooke has led the market since taking it over in 2023.

Fireside Orchard & Gardens grows 27 apple varieties across more than 50 acres east of Northfield on Highway 19, from Honeycrisp and SweeTango to Haralson, Fireside, First Kiss, and Keepsake. Robert Harvey founded the orchard in 1980; the Winfield family bought it in 2022. The retail store sells apples, cheese, and donuts made fresh daily, and the grounds include a rose garden and a picnic gazebo. It's open daily from mid-August through New Year's Eve.

Lakeville

Sixteen apple varieties grow across this 32-acre orchard south of Lakeville, including Honeycrisp, Zestar! and SweeTango, alongside a pick-your-own pumpkin patch. Apple picking, weekend hayrides, a hedge maze and a corn pit are free; a jumping pillow, sunflower field and corn maze carry an admission fee. The shop stocks apples, local honey and baked goods. Planted in 1991, the orchard recently changed hands and reopened with revamped fall activities. Reach them at [email protected].

Farmington

Farmington's farmers market runs seasonally, typically Thursday afternoons from May through October, bringing local growers and a handful of artisan vendors to this Dakota County town southeast of the Twin Cities. The site has moved between a few downtown lots in recent years, so it's worth checking the city's current listing before making the trip.

Farmington

Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain, shine, or snow, through the first weekend of November, this market runs at the Sundquist Pavilion, 33113 Grand River Ave, in downtown Farmington. It's billed as an award-winning source for local, sustainable produce, sweet corn, green beans, blueberries, summer squash, and tomatoes, with live music from area musicians.

Faribault

This market sets up on the grounds of Milestone Senior Living, an assisted living community at 2500 14th St NE in Faribault, offering residents and area shoppers a low-key source of local produce and seasonal goods. It runs alongside three other Faribault-area markets, including the long-running Faribault Farmers' Market downtown.

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Cannon Valley Farmers' Market runs Thursdays, 4 to 7 p.m., June through September, gathering food farmers, fiber farmers, and food makers from across the Cannon Valley region. Manager Dawn Wegscheid runs a market that accepts SNAP/EBT, Market Bucks, and Power of Produce tokens for kids — a fuller slate of nutrition-assistance programs than most markets this size offer.

Lakeville

The Arts Center parking lot on Holyoke Ave hosts two market days: Wednesdays from noon to 5 p.m., June through October, and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., mid-June through late September. Vendors sell locally grown vegetables, fruit, cut flowers, plants, and artisan food goods. EBT, cash, card, and market bucks are all accepted.

Lakeville

This is the parking-lot market at the Lakeville Area Arts Center on Holyoke Ave, running Wednesdays and Saturdays from May through October. Vendors bring fresh produce, meats, baked goods, and handmade items, with most accepting cash, credit, and debit, and some taking SNAP, EBT, FMNP, and WIC.

Webster

Ross Nelson has grown apples here since 1974, running a veteran-owned, pick-your-own orchard with more than 25 varieties across 15 acres in Rice County. The farm adds pumpkin, squash, and gourd fields, a barnyard of animals, weekend wagon rides in September and October, and a kitchen known for its trademarked Apple Dandies. Pre-cut Christmas trees go on sale the day after Thanksgiving.

Faribault

Faribault's Central Park has hosted this market on Saturday mornings, 7 AM to noon, for more than 45 years, with Wednesday afternoon hours added in July. Vendors sell produce, eggs, maple syrup, honey, jams, salsas, meat, goat milk soap, coffee, and cut flowers — nearly all grown, raised, or made by the sellers themselves. Details and the current vendor list are at faribaultfarmersmarket.com.

Webster

Nelson's Apple Farm has grown apples in northern Rice County since 1974, with 25-plus varieties for pick-your-own or pre-picked across 15 acres near Webster. Fall brings three fields of pumpkins, squash, and gourds, a barnyard of animals, weekend wagon rides, and the kitchen's trademarked Apple Dandies. Owner Ross Nelson is an Air Force veteran. The farm also sells pre-cut Christmas trees starting the day after Thanksgiving.

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Faribault

Now permanently closed. Bill and Maggie Hein farmed strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and apples here for more than two decades southeast of Faribault, growing varieties like Honeycrisp, SweeTango, and Zestar and selling pick-your-own fruit each summer. The family retired after a final season, and the land is passing to River Bend Nature Center. Anyone searching for u-pick berries at this Rice County address should plan elsewhere.

Webster

Sunshine Harvest Farm is a fourth-generation family farm in Webster, Minnesota selling beef, pork, lamb, chicken, and farm-fresh eggs direct to market — no antibiotics, animal by-products, hormones, or chemicals, with management-intensive grazing on pesticide-free pastures. Find them Saturdays at the Mill City Farmers Market in Minneapolis, or order bundles and meat CSA shares online.

Farmington

Brand Farms started as a dairy farm near Farmington when German immigrants Anton and Marie Brand bought the land in 1957, and four generations later Aaron Brand farms it with his father, John. The farm sells free-range eggs year-round and runs a u-pick apple orchard, with a store carrying apples, meats, butter, jams, salsas, and pickled goods. Fall adds hayrides, u-pick pumpkins, apple cider donuts, and school tours.

Aspen Ridge Honey Farm keeps bee colonies across southern Minnesota and has expanded into organic microgreens alongside its honey line. The farm sells through an online store and a rotating summer schedule of Twin Cities-area farmers markets including Bloomington, St. Paul Lowertown, Burnsville, Roseville, Lakeville, Apple Valley, Savage, and Inver Grove Heights.

Faribault

The winter counterpart to Faribault's Thursday market moves indoors during the colder months, run by the same Cannon Valley Farmers' Market team under manager Dawn Wegscheid. It carries the market's SNAP/EBT, Market Bucks, and Power of Produce programs through the off-season instead of shutting down when the outdoor market ends.

Cannon Falls

A cut-flower farm started in 2021 at 31796 Stanton Trail in Cannon Falls, growing seasonal blooms sold as bouquets, DIY buckets, and wholesale bunches to florists, grocers, and designers. They deliver farm-to-doorstep arrangements and take orders weekdays, 8am to 5pm. Reach them at [email protected] or (612) 308-9627; more at hillsidebloomsmn.com.

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Cannon Falls

Artisan Plaza Farmers' Market runs Saturday mornings, 7:30 to noon, May through October, at the Artisan Plaza food hall on 4th Street South in Cannon Falls. Dave Olson opened the plaza in 2018 as a combined market and food hall, and the Saturday market continues rain or shine.

Rosemount

The Bohn Farm, on Clayton Avenue East in Rosemount, offers strawberry picking and shows up in local guides for fall pumpkin picking too. It's also associated with Bohnland Farm & Service Center, which handles agricultural equipment and services out of the same area. No verified phone, email, or website turned up in research — call ahead before visiting.

Cannon Falls

Cannon River Winery handcrafts its wine on-site in a former Chevrolet dealership in downtown Cannon Falls, a building on the National Register of Historic Places. The grapes come from more than 9,000 vines across 40 acres in Minnesota's Sogn Valley. The tasting room and kitchen serves sandwiches, flatbreads, and charcuterie, and the winery hosts live music, seasonal festivals, and vineyard weddings. It opened in 2004, midway between St. Paul and Rochester.

Apple Valley

This is the winter edition of the Rosemount Farmers Market, relocated indoors to an address in neighboring Apple Valley rather than Rosemount itself — both Dakota County suburbs south of the Twin Cities. No independent listing confirms current hours or vendors.

Apple Valley

Burnsville's winter market relocates to Apple Valley for the cold months, running Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The lineup narrows to what keeps through winter — meat, bakery items, honey, and cheese — sold indoors while the summer produce stalls sit empty until spring.

Apple Valley

This listing's name references Woodbury, but the address given (7955 150th St W) places it in Apple Valley, roughly 20 miles away — likely a mismatch between a winter market location and its usual name. We couldn't verify which market this refers to online; check with the city of Woodbury or Apple Valley for the current winter market schedule.

Apple Valley

Apple Valley Farmers' Market runs Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 7100 147th St W, one of 18 markets in the St. Paul Farmers' Market network that's connected growers to Twin Cities shoppers since 1854. Vendors sell direct off the truck — produce, meat, honey, baked goods — and the market takes EBT, cash, card, and market bucks. It runs through October before picking back up the following spring.

Kenyon

The Kenyon Farmers' Market meets at First Evangelical Lutheran Church on the first and third Thursday of the month, June through early October, from 4 to 7 PM. Vendors sell baked goods, gluten-free treats, candies, coffee, honey, maple syrup, and homemade crafts alongside produce. The market is coordinated through Kenyon Parks & Recreation and the market's Facebook page.

Veseli

The Havlicek family began planting apples in 1984 at this Veseli orchard, whose Czech name Veseli Vrsek means Happy Hill. They now grow 23 apple varieties that ripen August through October, offered pick-your-own or pre-picked on weekends without big-orchard crowds. The farm also sells basswood honey, plums, grapes, pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, garlic, and onions, and controls pests with insect traps and a weather monitor rather than heavy spraying.

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Cedar Lake

Thompsons' Hillcrest Orchard, founded in 1996, grows more than 1,800 trees and 13 apple varieties, including Honeycrisp, SweeTango, and First Kiss, along 250th Street East in the Cedar Lake/Elko area of Scott County. Beyond pick-your-own and pre-picked apples, it runs a corn maze and sells pumpkins and gourds plus apple pies, jams, jellies, and caramel apples. It's a family operation south of the Twin Cities.

Burnsville

A small Minnesota beekeeping operation selling raw and crystallized honey from its own hives, plus swarm removal and hive tours. The bees aren't treated with chemicals or given antibiotics, and forage on unsprayed ground. Listings place the apiary in Webster, southeast of the Twin Cities, rather than Burnsville. Call ahead to arrange honey pickup or a visit.

Homestead Honey Farm has kept bees in Sogn Valley, southern Minnesota, for more than 50 years, selling 100% pure raw honey unprocessed to preserve its natural enzymes and pollen. The family operation also offers pollination services and hive hosting alongside wholesale honey sales.

Webster

Webster

Mike and Gretchen Perbix took over this Webster orchard in 2010 and grow 99 apple varieties, from Honeycrisp to Golden Russet and Northern Spy. They press fresh cider on site and run a cidery making nine hard ciders that range from dry to sweet, including a single-varietal Northern Spy and a Cherry Rhubarb Scrumpy. The orchard opens weekends in September and October with apples, baked goods, and cidery and orchard tours.

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