Produce Farms near Oceanside, CA

Oceanside

Carlsbad

Carlsbad Strawberry Company is a fourth-generation family farm on Cannon Road in Carlsbad, California, known for u-pick strawberries each spring and a fall pumpkin patch with a corn maze and tractor rides. Fresh berries are also sold from roadside stands around North County San Diego during the spring harvest window, and the farm anchors much of the region's strawberry season.

Vista

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.

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.

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.

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.

Escondido

Escondido

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.

Fallbrook

Kenny's Strawberry Farm runs a seasonal u-pick strawberry operation on Rainbow Valley Boulevard near Fallbrook, open roughly February through July, plus a farm stand selling pre-picked berries and a small farm shop that runs classes and events through the season. The family has grown strawberries there for more than a decade, picking each variety at peak ripeness rather than shipping green.

Fallbrook

Temecula Valley Strawberry Farms grows its berries hydroponically on 5th Street in Fallbrook, a family-owned operation built around a growing system that skips soil beds for raised, irrigated troughs. The approach lets the farm extend its picking season beyond what dirt-grown strawberries in the area typically manage. Contact details are limited online — check local farm-trail directories for current hours before visiting.

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.

San Diego

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

La Jolla

Valley Farm Market has been San Diego's neighborhood market since 1956, with three generations of butchers hand-selecting and custom-cutting meat — no pre-packaged compromises. The La Jolla-area stores pair the butcher case with seafood, local produce, a service deli, and full catering, from party platters to BBQ smoked meats.

La Jolla

The La Jolla Open Aire Market is unlike most farmers markets: every dollar of proceeds benefits La Jolla Elementary, funding its library, art, music, and smaller class sizes since the market's founding by a school parent in 1998. Now over 120 vendors strong, it runs Sundays 9 AM to 1 PM at Girard Avenue and Genter Street with fresh produce, prepared food, artisans, complimentary golf-cart rides, and even free dog sitting.

Temecula

Temecula Berry Co grows pick-your-own blueberries on Cantrell Road in Temecula, alongside olive trees, roses, and a small menagerie of goats and chickens visitors can feed. Farmer Mike runs educational tours on blueberry cultivation and sustainable growing each June, and the farm hosts a Friday Night Movie series in summer. Blueberry season typically wraps by mid-summer, with a holiday pop-up shop in December.