Farms Near Ruskin, FL

Ruskin

Martinez Farms is based in Ruskin, the Hillsborough County community whose name has stood for Florida tomatoes since growers began shipping them north by rail in the early 1900s.

Ruskin

Artesian Farms is listed on East College Avenue in Ruskin, a Hillsborough County community that built its reputation on winter tomatoes long before Florida's produce industry expanded into strawberries and blueberries. No verified crop list, hours, or contact details turned up for this property.

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Hydro Harvest Farms operates on Shell Point Road in Ruskin, a Tampa Bay-area farming community, with a name pointing to hydroponic growing methods.

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Ruskin

At South Shore Farm and Fish in Ruskin, chickens live on grass all day, every day — a regenerative operation whose pasture-raised eggs get their taste and nutrition from constant fresh forage and bugs. The farm's livestock-guardian donkey Nala, adopted from a rescue program, keeps predators at bay and has become the face of the farm; visit Saturdays 8–6, Sundays 1–6, or weekdays by appointment.

Ruskin

South Shore Farm and Fish is a regenerative farm in Ruskin, Florida raising pasture-raised poultry and eggs. The chickens live on grass all day with constant fresh forage — especially bugs — which shows in the taste and nutrition of the eggs, and the flock is watched over by Nala, a rescue livestock-guardian donkey. Open Saturdays 8 a.m.–6 p.m., Sundays 1–6 p.m., and weekdays by appointment.

Stellar Game Birds, Poultry, Waterfowl has bred heritage and exotic birds in Ruskin since 2009 — Coturnix and button quail, rare poultry lines, hatching eggs, and chicks shipped nationwide. The family farm also raises dairy goats, pigs, and livestock guardian dogs, and holds NPIP, FWC, and FDACS licensing. Visits are by appointment only; biosecurity protocols against avian flu keep it closed to public tours.

Apollo Beach

Apollo Beach Outdoor Market sets up on North US Highway 41 in Apollo Beach, part of a small network of community farmers markets across the Tampa Bay area. Vendors bring seasonal produce and specialty goods, and the draw is as much about meeting the growers as buying from them. Check current hours before heading out, since the schedule shifts by season.

Wimauma

Berry Bay Farms is in Wimauma, part of South Hillsborough County's produce corridor known for strawberries, tomatoes, and blueberries. No hours, crop list, or contact details specific to this operation are published online.

Parrish

Brown's Grove Citrus & Produce grows and sells citrus in Parrish, along the Manatee River in a part of Manatee County still dotted with working groves. Current varieties, harvest season, and stand hours weren't confirmed online.

Wimauma

Colorfield Farms has operated as a u-pick stop on State Road 674 in Wimauma since 1998, one of the longer-running pick-your-own farms in this stretch of Hillsborough County. Specific crops and seasonal picking dates aren't published online, so calling ahead at (813) 672-4121 before visiting is the reliable way to know what's in the field.

Honeyside Farms ran a certified organic CSA out of Parrish, selling weekly veggie boxes and attending the Lakewood Ranch Farmers Market each November through May. SRQ Magazine named it the area's best local farm in 2021 and 2023. The farm closed for good in June 2024; some of its assets went to Blumenberry Farms.

Riverview

First Ladies Farm and Sanctuary sits in Riverview, on the fast-growing suburban edge of Hillsborough County southeast of Tampa. The name suggests a rescue and rehabilitation operation rather than a commercial produce farm.

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St. Petersburg

The Dalí Museum holds one of the largest collections of Salvador Dalí's work outside Spain — oil paintings, sketches, and glasswork spanning his career, housed in a modern building on the St. Petersburg waterfront at One Dali Blvd. Current exhibits include "Dalí Alive 360°," a multisensory show in the museum's dome, and "Surreal Nature," an installation built on light and sound. It's an art museum, not a farm or grower, open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Thursdays until 8 p.m.).

Bradenton

We are a local ranch on the west coast of Florida. We may be a little old fashion but we believe that you should have a choice of what you would like to feed your family. As a hard working couple just like you and everyone else we are unhappy with the quality of meat and the amount of money we have to pay for it at the local grocery store.

Bradenton

We are a local ranch on the west coast of Florida. We may be a little old fashion but we believe that you should have a choice of what you would like to feed your family. As a hard working couple just like you and everyone else we are unhappy with the quality of meat and the amount of money we have to pay for it at the local grocery store. like most ranches in the United States we raised our cattle primarily to go to the market where they would be purchased by larger meat companies,where they wo

Palmetto

Palmetto

Henry Detwiler opened the first Detwiler's in 2002, and the Palmetto store on US 301 carries the chain's full range: produce, a fish market, a butcher shop, a deli, and a bakery, plus Amish-made goods and organic groceries. The family-owned chain has grown to six Southwest Florida locations under the tagline "Eat Fresh for Less."

St Petersburg

Garden of BayPoint runs an aquavermiponic garden at 2001 62nd Avenue South in St. Petersburg, growing produce with teens from the community. CSA members get two bags a week, about 1.5 pounds each, of whatever the harvest yields. It's a small, education-focused operation rather than a commercial farm.

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Palmetto

Selling tomatoes since 1920, Sunripe Certified Brands is a multi-generation family business dedicated to providing top quality produce to the community.

Tampa Downtown Partnership runs this Sunday market at 300 Madison Street, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. seasonally, with produce, artisan foods, and handcrafted goods from area vendors. The same block hosts a Third Thursday Street Food Fest each month — food trucks, live music, and two hours of free parking at Grand Central at Kennedy.

Bradenton

A Florida farm operation. No further verified details on crops or livestock were available at time of listing.

Saint Petersburg

Set on Southwest Boulevard North in St. Petersburg, this market brings a small rotation of produce and vendor stalls to the surrounding neighborhood.

Tampa

Great Lakes Christmas Tree Farms has supplied fresh-cut Christmas trees and floral-grade poinsettias to the Tampa Bay area for more than 30 years, with pickup and delivery through its Tampa warehouse. It's a seasonal tree lot rather than a working farm — trees ship in each November from northern growers rather than being cut on-site.

Bradenton

BeauCoop is based in Bradenton, on Florida's Gulf Coast in Manatee County — farm country long built on winter tomatoes and strawberries.

This listing covers the same Ybor City Saturday market at the 8th Avenue and 19th Street corner of Centennial Park in Tampa, running every Saturday since 2000. Stalls carry produce, prepared foods, baked bread, and plants alongside cigars, jewelry, and artwork, with picnic tables and public restrooms on-site for the crowds that come through rain or shine.

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Every Saturday, year-round, rain or shine, vendors fill Centennial Park at 1800 E. 8th Ave. in historic Ybor City. Running since 2000, it's the largest continually operating outdoor market in the Tampa Bay area, selling produce, gourmet foods and sauces, fresh bread, herbs and plants, honey, and fine cigars. Hours shorten during the summer months, May through September.

Tampa

Meacham Urban Farm is a bio-intensive farm at 1108 E. Scott Street in downtown Tampa, providing the bay area with local, organic, affordable produce, pasture-raised meats, raw dairy, bread, and eggs. The farm store is open five days a week year-round, and visitors can stroll the farm, meet the chickens, and join educational workshops and school field trips in peak season.

Tampa

Sitting at 1108 E. Scott Street in the heart of Tampa, Meacham Urban Farm grows bio-intensively on-site and partners with other local organic farms to stock its farm store with vegetables, pasture-raised meats, raw dairy, eggs, bread, and honey. Think of it as a weekly farmers market open five days a week, all year — with chickens to visit, workshops to join, and school field trips in peak season.

Bradenton

Old Mission Vineyards sits along State Road 64 east of Bradenton, in Manatee County — a region built on tomatoes and citrus, not wine grapes, which makes a vineyard here a genuine outlier.

Bradenton

O'Brien Family Farms runs a farm stand and u-pick operation on State Road 64 east of Bradenton, growing broccoli, carrots, and strawberries for customers who want to pick their own. The market keeps regular hours — 10 to 5 Wednesday through Friday, 9 to 4 on Saturday, 10 to 3 on Sunday — built around a business that's been going since 2011. Call (941) 896-4811 to check what's ready before making the trip.

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Duette

Bunker Hill Vineyard & Winery in Duette produces Certified Florida Farm wines, from dry and medium-dry reds to sparkling wine, using 100% recycled bottles. Tastings run $10 per person, with charcuterie trays starting at $10 and on-site jellies, jams, and preserves made from the estate's own grapes. It's open Monday and Friday through Sunday, 11am to 5pm, and Thursday 11am to 2pm; closed Tuesday and Wednesday.

Bradenton

Mixon Fruit Farms operated for 84 years as a citrus grove and roadside attraction before closing. Manatee County acquired the property in 2025 and now runs it as an event venue with an on-site farmers market, keeping the orange grove and butterfly garden intact.

West Tampa Grows Healthy is a community garden at the MLK Recreation Complex on North Oregon Avenue in Tampa, which broke ground in December and held its grand opening on June 28, 2025. The project focuses on urban gardening, healthy eating, and neighborhood connection, giving residents plot space to grow their own food rather than selling produce itself.

Brandon

A Brandon pumpkin stand at the corner of Parsons and Lumsden that's supported local Valrico, Brandon, and FishHawk school PTAs since 1998. Along with pumpkins they sell corn stalks, hay bales, and firewood each fall.

Tampa

Operating since 2000, the Ybor City Saturday Market is the largest continually operating outdoor market in the Tampa Bay area, set in the heart of Tampa's Historic District. Shoppers meet artists selling one-of-a-kind pieces made right in their booths alongside locally produced gourmet foods, jams, baked goods, and fresh lemonade.

Valrico

Wingspread Farm & Cottage Bakery in Valrico, Florida is run by Farmer Ken and Miz Andie, who bake what regulars call the best cinnamon rolls ever — fresh every open day starting at 3 a.m. — alongside chocolate rolls, pecan sticky buns, breads, and gluten-free and vegan selections. The colorful farm-stand also carries Miz Andie's one-of-a-kind jams and jellies, Florida raw honey, and elderberry syrup; open Thursday through Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Valrico

Ken and Andie built Wingspread farm together, transforming a small repossessed shed into their first coop for twelve pullets, and Andie began baking simple, crusty baguettes to compliment the sale of rich fresh eggs. Baking bread and sweet rolls from scratch is truly a labor of love. We

Tampa

Tampa Steak Company is a family operated wholesale food distributor and retail meat market that is open to the public. We stock a fresh inventory of over 300 meat and dairy products including beef, pork, poultry, deli meat, cheese, lamb, and seafood. Combining this with our 43 years of experience makes Tampa Steak Company the perfect place to buy meat for your home or for your business.

St. Petersburg

Greens 'N' Things Urban Farm uses natural and organic practices to convert empty lots into valuable growing space in St. Petersburg, FL with a focus on lettuces, baby greens and root veggies for local families and restaurants. Our goal is to contribute to closing the local food production and waste loop by using sustainable practices. We make as much of our own soil as possible, by composting local inputs like spent brewers grains, coffee grounds, fruit and veggie pulp from juices, and spoiled p

St. Petersburg

Lyna Berry Farms runs u-pick berry fields on Neal Road in Lithia, southeast of Tampa, and also sells pre-picked orders for anyone who'd rather skip the fields. The farm sends out email alerts when the rows are ripe for picking, and posts updates on Instagram and Facebook.

Lithia

The Southern Barn at Lonesome G Ranch is a barn event space on a ranch property in Lithia, in eastern Hillsborough County. Ranch venues like this typically host weddings and gatherings on pasture land rather than sell crops directly to the public. No verified hours, pricing, or contact details were found online for this listing.

Tampa

PREMIUM. PROTEIN. PROVISIONS. Premium meat is not just based off of price alone. It is the quality of meat that we introduce into our bodies that makes it a premium product. At Heights Meat Market, we proudly offer you the highest quality meat we can find, because you deserve it!

Tampa

Heights Meat Market at 4001 N. Florida Avenue in Tampa specializes in premium and exotic meats: Japanese, Australian, and American Wagyu, Prime-grade and dry-aged Black Angus, elk, venison, bison, kangaroo, duck, lamb, gator, ostrich, Duroc pork, and wild-caught seafood. The shop also stocks over 50 sauces and seasonings you can try before you buy; open Monday through Saturday 10–6 and Sunday 10–3.

Bradenton

Rosa Fiorelli Winery sits east of Bradenton in the hills south of Lake Manatee. Rosa and Antonio Fiorelli, who emigrated from Sicily, opened the winery in 1998 and still run it as a family business. Tastings and tours are open Thursday through Sunday, and the grounds double as a wedding and event venue.

Tampa

Held the second Sunday of every month at American Legion Post 111 on North Florida Avenue, this Tampa market has run since 2010 and draws 60-plus vendors for produce, plants, baked goods, jams, and local art, plus a lunch counter and live music. Free parking, dog-friendly, with a Kids Market for young vendors on-site.

Gulfport

Every Tuesday, year-round, more than 50 vendors set up in Gulfport's Waterfront District from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The market mixes conventional and hydroponic produce with locally raised meat and seafood, artisan bread, honey, cheese, and flowers, within walking distance of the district's shops and galleries below 28th Avenue South.

Gulfport

Every Tuesday, year-round, more than 50 vendors line both sidewalks of Beach Boulevard in Gulfport's Waterfront District for this market, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. October through May and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in summer. Expect locally grown and hydroponic produce, raw honey, Gulf seafood, grass-fed beef, and prepared foods, with free parking and walking access to the district's galleries and beach.

Lithia

Off County Road 39 South in Lithia, this on-farm shop specializes in herbs and teas, part of eastern Hillsborough County's farm belt that also grows strawberries and vegetables and raises livestock for the Tampa market. It's a small operation worth calling ahead for hours.

Lithia

Fort Lonesome takes its name from the unincorporated ranching community of the same name in rural Hillsborough County — cattle pasture and equestrian land near the Alafia River, southeast of Lithia.

Lithia

Strawberries, You Pick sits on South County Road 39 in Lithia, inside Hillsborough County's strawberry belt that runs toward Plant City. Florida's u-pick strawberry season typically falls between December and March, though this farm has no published hours or contact information.

Tampa

Sanwa Farmer's Market in Tampa is a warehouse-club-style market open to the public with no membership fees, run by Sanwa Food Group. It carries a huge selection of multicultural foods and flavors plus top national brands, sold by the piece, case, or pallet, with a multilingual staff and service seven days a week.

Lithia

Bonnie Blueberries is a small, family-run u-pick blueberry patch in Lithia, closer to a backyard planting than a commercial farm. Call ahead before driving out — visitors report the bushes can be picked clean fast during peak season, and availability changes day to day. Bring your own containers. It's the kind of informal, small-scale u-pick that dots the Hillsborough County blueberry belt each spring.

Valrico

Thompson Nursery and Exotics operates on South Miller Road in Valrico, a nursery for exotic and tropical plants serving the Tampa Bay area. No independent website was found online; call ahead to confirm current stock and hours.