Farms Near Polson, MT

Polson

We proudly grow USDA certified Organic Cherries and Wine Grapes on the pristine East Shore of Flathead Lake. We conserve water and energy in our efficient, high density, pedestrian orchard system. We strive to provide the highest quality, most nutrient packed locally grown organic food. U-pick fruit and farm visits available during cherry season.

Polson

Polson

Flathead Fresh Orchard grows certified organic sweet cherries on Sweet Cherry Lane, off South Finley Point Road near Polson. The fourth-generation grower keeps trees low so pickers can work most of the fruit from the ground, and provides the buckets. During harvest the stand is open Wednesday through Monday afternoons, and the crop runs heavy and easy to reach. Payment is cash or Venmo.

Polson

Hansen Farms grows sweet cherries on the east shore of Flathead Lake, south of Polson near Yellow Bay. Lambert makes up most of the crop, with Rainier, Van, Sweetheart, and other varieties mixed in. The trees carry a heavy crop low to the ground, so U-pick is easy on the back. Cherries ripen at the end of July and picking runs through August. Reach the orchard off South Finley Point Road, at the end of the lilac hedge.

Friday farmers' market in Polson, on the south shore of Flathead Lake in the Mission Valley. This listing places it at the Masonic Temple parking lot on 4th Avenue East, open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Vendors bring lake-country produce, cherries in season, honey, baked goods, and crafts from around Lake County. Polson sits at the foot of the Mission Mountains, and the Friday market is a summer fixture for both residents and Flathead Lake visitors.

Polson

Spotted Bear Vineyards and Lavender Farm works a small planting on Finley Point, on the east side of Flathead Lake near Polson. The vines, first put in during 1983, are Marquette and L'Acadie Blanc, sold to Montana vintners including White Raven Winery in Columbia Falls. Summer brings cut lavender and flowers, plus July distillation classes and U-pick cherries. A cabin among the rows rents through VRBO and Airbnb.

Polson

Polson

Long-running farmers' market in downtown Polson, billed as the oldest in Lake County, on the south end of Flathead Lake. Vendors set up near the Cove Deli on 3rd Avenue West, with more than 50 sellers across a season: local vegetables and fruit, meats, cheese, eggs, honey, jams, bedding plants, cut flowers, and handmade crafts. Flathead cherries and lake-valley produce are the summer draw. The co-op market runs Fridays through the growing season.

Polson

A certified-organic orchard on Finley Point overlooking Flathead Lake, in the family since the 1930s. Fat Robin specializes in organic sweet cherry varietals and now tart cherries, along with Macintosh and heirloom Wealthy apples planted by the original homesteader's sister. They also keep wool sheep. U-pick cherries and apples run July through October, by appointment only, so call before heading out.

Pine Glen grows Flathead cherries along the east shore of the lake on Highway 35, north of Polson. Lambert is the main variety, with some bing and pie cherries mixed in, and you pick in a grassy, park-like setting. The season is short, roughly mid-July through mid-August. The orchard keeps no website and updates rarely, so call ahead to check ripeness and hours. Cash or check only.

Ronan

From their family to yours: the crew at Mission Mountain Organic Eggs processes and refrigerates every egg the day it's laid, running each one over a candling light before washing, sorting, and grading. The Ronan, Montana operation raises 9,000 pastured hens beneath the Mission Mountains, bringing in 3,500 day-old chicks twice a year to keep the flock — and the eggs — fresh.

Ronan

Regenerating soil, food, and community is the whole business model at Foodstead, a Ronan, Montana ranch whose grass-finished cattle graze multi-species pastures their entire lives — no hormones, no confinement, no shortcuts. Bulk beef sells by the eighth, quarter, half, or whole with nationwide shipping to the lower 48, backed by a triple money-back guarantee.

Ronan

Foodstead in Ronan, Montana raises premium grass-fed and grass-finished beef in a regenerative model — pastured, never confined, no hormones at any stage — sold as eighths through whole beef with shipping to the lower 48 and a triple-your-money-back guarantee. The ranch's formula is simple: soil, plants, animals, food, families, community — with summer farm dinners on the ranch.

Ronan

Mission Mountain Organic Eggs is a family-run business in Ronan, in western Montana, grown from 1,500 laying hens to 9,000 while keeping the product fresh: eggs are collected, washed, candled, sorted, graded, packaged, and refrigerated every single day. Hens range on pasture with the Mission Mountains as a backdrop, and retired layers go to local families for eggs or meat.

Bigfork

Bigfork

The Orchard at Flathead Lake is a certified organic, second-generation family orchard on the lake's east shore near Bigfork, in the family since 1976 and certified organic since 2006. More than 500 cherry trees grow alongside apples, peaches, pears, plums, vegetables, and herbs. Everything sold is grown or made on site, from jams and syrups to a cherry BBQ sauce that has drawn national notice. The orchard also hosts weddings and gatherings.

Lakeside

Hockaday Orchards is a U-pick cherry orchard on the west shore of Flathead Lake, about five miles south of Lakeside, run by the same family for more than a century. Pickers work rows of Lambert, Royal Anne, and Wine cherries during the short harvest, which usually opens in late July and lasts a week or two. Ladders are supplied. Bring flat boxes rather than bags, since packed fruit crushes easily.

Bigfork

Sweet cherries are the draw at this east-shore Flathead Lake orchard on Highway 35, between the 20- and 21-mile markers near Yellow Bay. Farmers O'Dell opens to U-pickers for a few weeks in June and July, uses natural growing practices, and runs school tours. It sits about 20 miles north of Polson and 12 miles south of Bigfork, and takes cash, check, debit, Visa, and Mastercard.

Bigfork

Black sweet cherries are the main crop at this 700-tree orchard on the east shore of Flathead Lake near Yellow Bay, producing 30,000 to 40,000 pounds a year. The Getmans also grow apples, pears, peaches, plums, and raspberries, with U-pick running August through October after the cherries ripen in late July. It's cash only, and they ask that you call ahead before driving out. The operation now includes a vineyard.

Bigfork

Bigfork

Brigadoon Orchards ran a 'That's My Tree' program near Bigfork, where customers rented a cherry tree — young for the education of it, or mature for the fruit — and had roughly 10 pounds of cherries shipped home. The orchard sat along the east shore of Flathead Lake off Highway 35. The former owner has since sold, and reports indicate the new owners did not continue the program.

Bigfork

Wednesday-afternoon farmers' market in Bigfork, set up in the Masonic Temple parking lot on Highway 35 across from Harvest Foods, near the north shore of Flathead Lake. The Bigfork Farmers' Market Cooperative draws growers from Flathead, Lake, and Sanders counties selling produce, raw honey, eggs, meats, cut flowers, and baked goods. It runs May through mid-October, giving valley farmers a midweek outlet alongside the town's separate Monday market.

The North Shore Farm has little public information available online, common for small direct-market operations that sell through word of mouth or at local stands rather than a website.

Roaming Bison Ranch, listed under Idaho here, actually ranches out of St. Ignatius, Montana, on the Flathead Reservation, selling grass-fed, grass-finished bison and beef along with pastured Mangalitsa pork. Bundles and bulk quarters ship free to the contiguous US. No Idaho location was verified.

Saint Ignatius

Boykin Family Farmstead has no address or web presence on record beyond its name. No details could be verified.

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