Farms Near Rochester, MN

Rochester

Rochester

Chester Berry Farm grows eight acres of strawberries on the southeast edge of Rochester, with pick-your-own rows and pre-picked berries harvested fresh daily. The season generally runs June into August, weather permitting, and the farm also sells other fruits and vegetables as they come in. It takes cash and checks. Ripening varies year to year, so call ahead before picking.

Rochester

Tonya and Dean took over the former Sterling Fruit Farm in 2010 and grow strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and concord grapes on the northeast side of Rochester. They skip chemical sprays entirely, using cover crops, rotation, and compost to keep the soil healthy. June brings one heavy strawberry crop over two to three weeks. The farm also sells honey, jam, and naturally dyed yarn, with fruit now sold pre-picked rather than U-pick.

Rochester

Rochester's winter market operates out of the fairgrounds complex on Fairgrounds Avenue SE, moving the city's produce and craft vendors indoors for the cold months. It runs alongside Rochester's larger warm-season downtown market; specific winter hours and vendor list weren't independently confirmed here.

Rochester

Rochester

Eyota

Eyota

Ron Dickie has grown strawberries here for about 45 years, working roughly 10 acres of June-bearing plants that ripen around mid-June. The farm also raises non-GMO asparagus and raspberries and skips pesticides. It now operates under the name Bear Creek Farm. Pick-your-own runs a short early-summer window in southeast Minnesota's Olmsted County, just outside Rochester. Call ahead for patch conditions before driving out.

Eyota

The Eyota Farmers' Market runs Tuesday evenings, 4:30 to 7 PM, from mid-May through mid-October at West Side Park. Vendors sell seasonal produce — asparagus and strawberries early in the season, then greens, beans, sweet corn, and root vegetables — plus honey, baked goods, canned foods, and crafts. SNAP/EBT shoppers get matched Market Bucks up to $10 a week, and kids have their own activity table.

Byron

Now closed. Tweite's Family Farm operated for about 31 years off U.S. Highway 14 in Byron before shutting down after its 2019 fall season. It grew from a pumpkin patch into a large seasonal fun park, with a 12-acre corn maze, a 22-acre play area, and a big pumpkin field. The site drew families across southeast Minnesota each autumn. It no longer operates.

Jake's Organic Farm LLC is registered in Iowa with no city, address, or website confirmed in research. What the operation grows or sells under organic practices is currently unverified.

Hammond

Surin Farms grows sweet corn, melons, squash, and a range of Asian and other specialty fruits and vegetables in the countryside between Hammond and Zumbro Falls, southeast of Rochester. The farm also cuts and sells firewood. Its listings point to specialty Asian produce grown alongside Midwest staples like sweet corn. Contact the farm to check what's ready and where it sells through the season.

Byron

Tweite's Pumpkin Patch grows pumpkins and mums outside Byron, west of Rochester, and cuts a 12-acre corn maze each fall. Straw bales, corn shocks, and a lineup of family activities round out the season. One directory lists it as closed, so confirm the current year's hours before visiting.

Pine Island

Whiskey Dick's is a bar and grill in Millville run by Phillip and Nikki Dick, whose family has farmed the surrounding land since the 1940s. The Dicks raise Angus beef and row crops on an operation that once ran as a dairy, and the restaurant's burgers and daily specials lean on what comes off that farm. Friday nights bring a fish and chicken buffet; Wednesdays are for wings.

Mazeppa

Apple Ridge Orchard & Vineyard operated north of Rochester near Mazeppa for 42 years, offering u-pick apples, grapes, and pumpkins. The owners announced their retirement and closed the business, according to the farm's Facebook page. This is a closed operation, not an active orchard — confirm before making the drive.

Pine Island

Earth Dance Farm is listed in Iowa with no city, address, or website confirmed in research. What this farm grows or raises is currently unverified.

Chatfield

Pine Island

Thursdays from 4 to 7 p.m., June through October, this market sets up in the grass lot behind Island Market, across from the old Cheese Factory building in Pine Island. It's run by the city's Park Board and gives local growers, makers, and artisans a direct outlet to the community, with the Park Board keeping close tabs on vendor guidelines each season.

Chatfield

Berry and Bloom Farm bills itself as southeast Minnesota's only u-pick blueberry and flower farm, growing both on the same ground outside Chatfield. Beyond berry picking, the farm sells bouquets, runs seasonal workshops, plants a sunflower field, and hosts an annual festival. It's a farm built around two crops that don't usually share an acre.

Hayfield

An education and petting farm 17 miles southwest of Rochester, open since 2013 with chickens, goats, sheep, turkeys, donkeys, llamas, alpacas, and miniature ponies. Kids climb the silo, jump on straw bales, drive pedal tractors, and pick pumpkins in the fall. The farm runs public hours, group tours, birthday parties, and four-day summer camps for ages 4 to 12, and rents out a mobile petting zoo. Find it on State Highway 30.

Pine Island

This listing covers grass-fed beef sold directly by Iowa producer Alan Bedtka. No farm name, address, or website beyond the operator's name turned up in research, so hours, order details, and additional products remain unverified.

Plainview

Wednesdays from 4 to 7 p.m., May through September, this market sets up by Bennett's Food Center at 215 1st Ave SW in Plainview. Area growers bring local meats, produce, fruits, baked goods, and jams and jellies, making it a modest but reliable weekday stop for a town this size.

Chatfield

Chatfield Growers Market sets up Thursdays, 3 to 6 p.m., May through October, on 4th Street between the Chatfield Center for the Arts and City Park. Produce, baked goods, and canned goods make up most of the vendor tables in this Fillmore County town.

Mantorville

Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., May through October, vendors gather at Riverside Park in Mantorville for spring plantings and bulbs, breads and jams, and summer fruits and vegetables. An indoor Saturday version also runs out of the Mantorville Welcome Center on North Main Street. The market is coordinated through the city.

Spring Valley

The Rustic Rose market sits on North Broadway Avenue in Spring Valley, a small Fillmore County town in southeastern Minnesota's bluff country. No independent website or listing confirms its current schedule or vendor lineup.

Spring Valley

Whispering Winds holds an agritourism listing on West Park Street in Spring Valley, in the bluff country of Fillmore County in southeastern Minnesota. The surrounding area is known for Amish farms, rolling cropland, and nearby Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park. No website or specific details could be confirmed, so verify what's offered before visiting.

Zumbrota

The Zumbrota Farmers' Market sets up at East Park on East 6th Street, with stalls from local growers, bakers, and food artisans selling what's in season. Specific weekly hours weren't listed in available sources — check local Zumbrota community postings for the current schedule.

Chatfield

Held Thursdays 4 to 7pm from May through October at St. Charles City Hall, 830 Whitewater Avenue. Vendors bring vegetables, fruit, eggs, herbs, honey, jams, baked goods, plants, and crafts. It's the community market for this small town on the edge of the Whitewater River valley in southeastern Minnesota.

Fountain

Goodhue

Lake City

Lake City

Roper Pumpkin Patch grew pumpkins, melons, and squash on Orchard Lane in Lake City, including an 18-acre planting in 2009. A pumpkin-patch directory notes the operation stopped growing pumpkins and closed permanently around 2018. Confirm current status before planning a visit.

Shingle Creek Cattle Co. is a small family-owned Black Angus cow-calf operation in Wanamingo, Minnesota — 25 miles north of Rochester and 40 south of the Twin Cities — raising hormone- and antibiotic-free, all-natural beef. Beef Quality Assurance certified across feedyard, cow-calf, and transportation, the farm soil-samples its pastures yearly and sells cuts, ground beef, quarter shares, and butcher boxes farm to table.

Wanamingo

Wanamingo's market runs in this small Goodhue County town in southeastern Minnesota. No street address, hours, or vendor details were found beyond the town listing itself.

West Concord

Broody Hen Farm sells fertile hatching eggs and heritage chicken breeds from West Concord in southern Minnesota. The focus is small-flock poultry: rare and heritage birds bred for hatching rather than commercial egg volume. The farm also hosts farm-to-table gatherings and hands-on visits through the season.

Brownsdale

Garden Spot Market in Brownsdale sells locally sourced produce and goods at 106 W Main Street, giving area residents a nearby option for in-season food without a drive to a bigger town. Call 507-440-1610 or check gardenspotmarket.weebly.com for current stock and hours.

Lanesboro

Big Springs Farm runs a ten-acre corn maze with multiple trail routes on an active farm outside Lanesboro, alongside a u-pick pumpkin patch and more than 20 other activities — a goat pen, sunflower field, jump pad, and corn pit among them. One admission covers everything on-site. The farm opens weekends and MEA breaks from mid-September through Halloween.

Utica

Lewiston

Wednesdays from 5 to 8 p.m., spring through August, this market runs out of The Crossings Center in Lewiston, an 18-acre site that also holds community gardens, a playground, and a stone-fired pizza oven. Vendors sell grains, jams, mushrooms, baked goods, and more, with food vendors like burgers and pizza rounding things out. New vendors apply directly through the venue each season.

Lewiston