Farms Near San Luis Obispo, CA

SLO Food Co-op has run as San Luis Obispo's community-owned grocery store since 1979, stocking local produce and sustainable, fair-trade goods at 2494 Victoria Avenue. It's open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and returns a share of proceeds to local nonprofits, working as both a grocery store and a standing outlet for the county's small farms.

San Luis Obispo

The Tuesday market at the SLO Grange runs 3 to 6 p.m., rain or shine, on Broad Street — smaller and more specialty-leaning than the county's big Saturday market on Madonna Road. The stall list runs toward things you don't find at every market: fresh-caught fish, brick-oven bread, handmade pasta, gluten-free baked goods, and soap and candles made from local beeswax, alongside the usual eggs and produce.

Bread Bike Bakery mills California-grown grain fresh on-site and bakes whole-grain sourdough and pastries in San Luis Obispo, then delivers to subscribers by bicycle under a community-supported bakery model it's run since 2019.

Downtown SLO's market runs Thursdays from 6 to 9 p.m. along Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo, where more than 100 vendors set up as the city closes several downtown blocks to traffic. Produce stands sit next to barbecue smokers, hot food carts, and live entertainment, so it doubles as a weekly street fair. Locals do their grocery shopping here alongside visitors passing through on the way to Central Coast wine country.

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Harvestly is an online Farmer's Market that delivers all local foods to your door. With no subscriptions or minimums, you can fully customize your Harvestly order and choose from farm-fresh produce, pasture-raised eggs, locally-caught seafood, grass-fed beef, baked goods, prepared meals, and more. Founded and run by Cal Poly students, Harvestly aims to build a more sustainable and healthy food system by connecting local farmers and food producers directly to consumers.

San Luis Obispo's Saturday morning market runs 8 to 10:45 a.m. at 325 Madonna Road, one of four certified markets the SLO County Farmers' Market Association operates across the county alongside markets in Morro Bay and Arroyo Grande. Shoppers buy direct from Central Coast growers, with EBT and Market Match accepted at select locations.

This weekday farmers market sets up in the Farm Supply Company parking lot in San Luis Obispo, one of the county's smaller certified markets outside the larger Thursday and Saturday events. Current schedule and vendor details weren't confirmed online at the time of this listing.

San Luis Obispo

The Saturday market in the World Market/Embassy Suites lot on Madonna Road is the largest of the five certified markets the San Luis Obispo County Farmers' Market Association runs — more than 60 vendors in a tight 8 to 10:45 a.m. window. The association has operated since 1978 under one rule: farmers sell only what they grow, and prepared-food vendors sell only what they make. It's shorter and earlier than the famous Thursday night Downtown market.

SLO Ranch Farms and Marketplace operates in San Luis Obispo County under the domain sloranchfarms.com. Product and hours details weren't accessible online at the time of this listing.

San Luis Obispo

Growing Grounds Farm on Orcutt Road grows succulents, trees and Mediterranean-climate perennials, including California natives, opening its wholesale nursery to retail customers every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The nursery is run by Transitions Mental Health Association as a job-training program for people in San Luis Obispo County's mental health system. Reach the team at [email protected] or 805-543-6071.

SLO VEG delivers produce boxes — four sizes running $36 to $51 — sourced from Central Coast farms to homes and businesses around San Luis Obispo, with no subscription contract required. Boxes rotate with the season, and the company runs pickup points across the Central Coast alongside home delivery. Orders go through their online marketplace, which also carries other local artisan goods.

Harvestly packaged San Luis Obispo County farmers market produce into boxes for local pickup or delivery, an online alternative to shopping the market stall by stall. Its website now redirects to a domain marketplace, so the service appears to be inactive.

City Farm SLO is listed as a San Luis Obispo-area urban farm, but no working website or social page turned up to confirm what they grow, their model, or how the public can buy from them.

San Luis Obispo

Cal Poly's Fruit and Crop Science unit is a student-managed teaching orchard on the San Luis Obispo campus growing apples, pears, peaches, citrus, and berries. The orchard opens for pick-your-own access to the public, typically on Saturdays, as part of the university's Plant Sciences program.

Firstfruits Farm SLO is listed on the San Luis Obispo trail, but no working website, social page, or news mention was found to confirm what they grow or sell.

Cal Poly Creamery is the dairy processing operation tied to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's Dairy Science program on campus. Specific hours, products, and contact details weren't confirmed online at the time of this listing.

CAFES Experimental Farm is Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's hands-on teaching ground for the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, spanning the Trestle Vineyard, a vertical farm used by engineering students, and the Swanton Pacific Ranch forestry site. Students run the operations — from grape processing to sausage making — as coursework, not staff-run production.

SLO Creek Farms is listed under San Luis Obispo's farm trail, but no confirmed website, social page, or market roster turned up to verify current crops or how to buy from them.

See Canyon Fruit Ranch operates out of 2345 See Canyon Road in San Luis Obispo, running a farm store alongside its main business as a wedding and event venue. The property also lists on Hipcamp for camping stays, making it more of a working-land destination than a straightforward fruit stand.

Gopher Glen Organic Apple Farm grows apples under organic practices, per its name and category, but no working website, social page, or market listing could be confirmed online to verify current varieties, hours, or sales channel.

Avila Valley Barn sits at 560 Avila Beach Drive outside San Luis Obispo, selling locally grown produce, homemade pies, and fresh-roasted corn from a family-run farm stand. Visitors can pick berries and seasonal produce, take a tractor hay ride through the orchard, hand-feed animals in the corrals, or eat at the Chicken Shack & Smoke House.

Avila Beach

Avila Beach's summer market runs Friday evenings, 4 to 8 p.m., along the Avila Promenade from May through August, mixing farm stands with artisan food vendors, crafts, and live music against the boardwalk backdrop. A free trolley shuttles visitors in during market hours so parking near the beach isn't a fight, and riders get a market buck to spend once they're there.

Brookshire Farms runs a self-serve roadside stand on Los Osos Valley Road in San Luis Obispo, stocked with avocados, citrus, sweet corn, stone fruit, heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, and honey. The stand runs unstaffed around the clock from June through mid-September. Fall brings a corn maze, hayrides, and a pumpkin patch; the farm switches over to Christmas trees in November and December.

Avila Beach

The San Luis Obispo Wine Association was a trade group promoting the county's wine region, which spans Paso Robles, Edna Valley, and the coastal hills above Avila Beach. The organization's former web domain is no longer active, so current operating status is unconfirmed.

La Famillia is listed at an address on Los Osos Valley Road outside San Luis Obispo, in the coastal valley that runs between the city and Morro Bay. No crops, products, or visiting details are published online for this listing yet.

Pismo Beach

Pismo Beach sits in San Luis Obispo County's Five Cities area, Central Coast ground known for strawberries and coastal produce. This market runs at 555 Five Cities Drive, a stop for growers from the surrounding coastal farms rather than the beach's tourist strip downtown.

Los Osos

The Tiny Trotters offers one-on-one pony experiences for small children in Los Osos, run by owner Donna out of her home ranch. Kids get to feed, brush, and saddle miniature horses (including two named Dazzle and Repete) rather than joining a group trail ride. Booking is by appointment.

Arroyo Grande

About 35 growers set up Wednesday mornings, 8:30 to 11 a.m., in the Smart & Final parking lot at 1464 East Grand Avenue — the earlier, more practical counterpart to Arroyo Grande's Saturday Village market. Summer tables lean into sweet corn, vine-ripened tomatoes, stone fruit, and berries, alongside everyday vegetables, fish, and cut flowers, drawing shoppers who want groceries done before the day heats up.

Talley Farms has grown produce on California's Central Coast since 1948, and its Farm Box program ships that produce direct from the Arroyo Grande fields to home subscribers instead of through a grocery middleman. The family also farms wine grapes under the Talley Vineyards label, and separate phone lines handle sales, shipping, and the farm office.

Arroyo Grande

Arroyo Grande's Saturday market sets up in Olohan Alley near the Swinging Bridge in the historic Village district, footsteps from City Hall on East Branch Street, running noon to 2:30 p.m. Vendors mix fresh produce with artisan goods and work from local artists, and the creekside setting pulls in visitors already browsing the Village's boutiques and restaurants rather than a typical parking-lot crowd.

Santa Margarita

Rinconada Dairy makes raw and pasteurized cheese from its own sheep and goats on 92 acres bordering the Los Padres National Forest near Santa Margarita. The farm also raises pastured chickens and eggs and finishes pork on acorns gathered from its oak woodland. A farm stay is available, with a ranch breakfast sourced from what's raised on-site.

Arroyo Grande

Talley Farms has grown vegetables on California's Central Coast since 1948 and is now run by the fourth generation of the Talley family from Lopez Drive in Arroyo Grande. The farm ships fresh produce year-round through its Fresh Harvest farm-box program, built on food safety and sustainable growing practices on Central Coast ground shaped by coastal fog and mild temperatures.

Arroyo Grande

Jerry Rutiz farms about 30 acres near Halcyon, just outside Arroyo Grande, growing vegetables, berries, culinary herbs, and cut flowers without pesticides. The farm isn't certified organic but follows organic practices, and sells through a CSA, an on-site stand, area restaurants, and seasonal u-pick. It's one of the longer-running small farms in this stretch of San Luis Obispo County.

Halcyon Farms shares its name with the small Halcyon community near Arroyo Grande, but no confirmed website, listing, or news coverage turned up to verify what this operation grows or sells.

Branch Mill Organic Farm shares its name with Branch Mill Road outside Arroyo Grande, though no confirmed website or listing turned up to verify the connection or what the farm currently grows.

Native Herb and Honey Co. sells raw honey and herbal products in California. No verifiable location or contact details were found online at the time of this listing.

Believe Honey and Treats is a small California honey producer selling raw honey and honey-based treats. No verifiable location, schedule, or contact details were found online at the time of this listing.

Atascadero

Happy Grapes is listed on Salinas Road in Atascadero, a Central Coast town in San Luis Obispo County's wine country south of Paso Robles. No working website or social page surfaced in research, so what the vineyard grows or sells could not be confirmed beyond its name and location.

Baywood Farmers Market serves the small waterfront community of Baywood-Los Osos, on the eastern shore of the Morro Bay estuary in San Luis Obispo County. Current schedule and vendor details weren't confirmed online at the time of this listing.

Kandarian Organic Farms grows organic-certified ancient grains, dry beans, herbs, and spices across 130-plus acres in Los Osos, then mills much of it on-site at its own flour and seed mill. The farm also runs seed-cleaning services for other growers.

David's Blue Ribbon Honey, LLC is a California honey producer. No verifiable location, schedule, or contact details were found online at the time of this listing.

Morro Creek Ranch grows and sells premium Hass avocados from a country store at 1800 Atascadero Road in Morro Bay, open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. The ranch supplies restaurants, sushi bars, caterers, and specialty grocers as well as walk-in customers, grading fruit to a tighter standard than typical grocery-store avocados.

Morro Bay

Arroyo Grande

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Morro Bay

Morro Bay Farmers' Market sets up on Main Street in downtown Morro Bay, the Central Coast fishing town known for Morro Rock. It's a small coastal market serving both locals and the town's steady stream of visitors.

Atascadero Farmers Market serves this North County city along Highway 101, between Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo. Current schedule and vendor details weren't confirmed online at the time of this listing.

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Templeton

The Grove on 41 is a family-run olive oil farm in Templeton growing over 4,000 trees, mostly Spanish Arbequina with a smaller block of Greek Koroneiki. Owner Karen offers by-appointment tastings of the farm's standard and flavored oils for $10 per person, waived with a purchase, and rents a cottage on-site for events and overnight stays.

Nipomo

Local growers founded this market in 2005 to sell direct to the Nipomo community, and it still runs year-round across from the tennis courts at Trilogy at Monarch Dunes, near Via Concha Road and Trilogy Parkway. Beyond produce, expect fresh flowers, nuts, honey, seafood, and handmade crafts from Central Coast vendors. It's smaller than the certified markets up in San Luis Obispo, closer in scale to a neighborhood market day, and it takes credit and debit cards.

Templeton

This Templeton property on South El Pomar Road is a working vineyard estate offering bed-and-breakfast lodging in Paso Robles wine country, with grapevines, an olive grove, orchard, and vegetable gardens on roughly 100 acres. Records show the estate has operated under more than one name over the years, so confirm current branding before visiting.

Nipomo

Nipomo Pumpkin Patch sets up on Eucalyptus Road each fall, running from late September through October 31 with pumpkins priced by size, from two-for-a-dollar minis up to several-hundred-pound giants that need a truck to haul home. Both carving and decorative varieties are on the lot, with sizes running up to soccer-ball-and-bigger. It's open daily during the season, with shorter weekday hours than weekends.

Templeton Farmers Market serves this small San Luis Obispo County town in Paso Robles wine country, known for its grain silos and oak-studded ranchland. Schedule and vendor details weren't confirmed online at the time of this listing.

Templeton

Chesebrough Farm runs as a working cattle ranch outside Templeton the rest of the year, then opens every October for pumpkins. Bob and Donna Chesebrough grow more than 60 varieties of pumpkins and winter squash — traditional orange, warty, striped, and every odd shape between — sold from a roadside stand alongside a pumpkin cannon and custom-scarred pumpkins ordered ahead for messages or logos. School groups and specialty tours run by appointment. Open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., October only.

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Cayucos

Cayucos Farmers' Market runs Friday mornings, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., from Memorial Day through Labor Day, on the empty lot beside the Old Cayucos Tavern at the corner of D and Ocean. It's a short season by design, a beach-town summer market, not a year-round operation. The Cayucos Chamber runs a booth alongside the farm and craft vendors.