Farms Near Sarasota, FL

Sarasota

Sarasota

Jessica's Organic Farm in Sarasota grows certified organic produce and runs an on-farm organic market, selling its harvest directly to the community alongside other organic goods.

Sulcata Grove is a registered plant nursery and apiary in Sarasota, Florida specializing in tropical fruits and local raw honey — mangos, avocados, bananas, passion fruit, and ice cream bean from a beyond-organic permaculture homestead with backyard chickens and honeybees. Fresh and freeze-dried fruit, trees, cuttings, honey, tours, tastings, and Florida fruit-growing consultations round out the grove.

Sarasota

One of three Detwiler's locations in Sarasota, the Palmer Boulevard store stocks fresh produce and organics alongside a full fish market and butcher counter. The family-owned chain, started by Henry Detwiler in 2002, has built a following of more than 178,000 on Facebook around its produce prices and Amish-made grocery selection.

Sarasota

On North Lockwood Ridge Road, this Detwiler's location rounds out the chain's three Sarasota stores, selling the same mix of fresh produce, deli and bakery items, and Amish-made goods the family-owned company has offered since Henry Detwiler founded it in 2002. A grocery section covers pantry staples alongside the produce aisles.

Sarasota

Sarasota Honey Company sells raw local honey alongside honey-infused teas, soaps, and beeswax candles, including a locally-sourced "Allergy Blend." The apiary sells from a shop in the Bazaar at Apricot and Lime, open Thursday through Saturday, 10am to 3pm, with extended hours to 7pm on the third Saturday for live music. Honey is sourced from Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte county hives.

Sarasota

Tatum Ridge Farms raises heritage-breed Hereford hogs and forest-pastured laying hens on 20 acres of what used to be a Sarasota orange grove. It's a family-run operation on Tatum Road, and orders go through email rather than a storefront — check their Facebook page for what's currently available.

Sarasota

Sarasota Pumpkin Festival is held at Payne Park, a city park near downtown Sarasota with ball fields, a skate park, and open lawn space that hosts community festivals through the fall. No working website or contact page turned up in research beyond the name, type, and address.

Sarasota

Fruitville Grove takes its name from Fruitville Road, a stretch of Sarasota County once thick with citrus groves before development spread east from the coast. Farm stands along this corridor have historically sold citrus, produce, and seasonal fall items like pumpkins and mums.

Beaucoop Farm in Sarasota breeds rare and endangered poultry and livestock — Cochin Frizzle and Silkie chickens, mini ponies and donkeys, Nigerian Dwarf goats — while also growing certified organic produce. Part petting park, part working farm, the property runs hatching rentals and educational workshops aimed at keeping heritage breeds from disappearing, and sells direct from its Fruitville Road location.

Lemon Avenue and Main Street Sarasota

More than 70 vendors set up at Main Street and Lemon Avenue every Saturday, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., year-round — produce, local seafood, orchids and citrus, artisan foods, and handmade crafts. The market has run downtown since 1979 and adds live music most weeks. Street parking is free nearby.

Central Sarasota Farmers Market operates on South Beneva Road in Sarasota, apart from the city's better-known downtown Saturday market on Lemon Avenue. It gives shoppers on Sarasota's central corridor a closer option than the waterfront district.

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.

Bradenton

Bradenton

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

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

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.

Bradenton

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

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."

Hunsader Farms in Bradenton is a full farm-market destination: fresh produce, u-pick fields, local honey and jams, a petting zoo, ice cream shop, cafe, and an antique store, with an annual pumpkin festival that has run for over three decades. Open Monday-Saturday 8am-5pm and Sunday 10am-4pm from October through early June; closed for summer.

Bradenton

Plesscher Groves is listed as an agritourism grove operation on County Road 675 East near Bradenton. No further public details, website, or contact information surfaced in a search, so this description reflects only its name, location, and type.

Palmetto

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

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.

Myakka City

Indoor hydroponic u-pick farm growing over 150,000 plants under one roof, built so no bending or kneeling is needed to harvest. Strawberries are the main draw, and the on-site market sells strawberry ice cream and dehydrated strawberries alongside other local goods.

Old Miakka Farmer's Market is held at the Old Miakka United Methodist Church on Myakka Road, in the rural Old Miakka community east of Sarasota. It's a small, church-hosted market serving a farming community rather than the city itself. Specific vendor and schedule details weren't confirmable online.

Palmetto

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.

Myakka City

The Dakin family has milked cows since 1973, and their Myakka City farm bottles its own milk on-site, one of the only Florida dairies that does. The roughly 1,000-acre property offers public tours, a 3,600-square-foot pavilion, a five-acre picnic and playground area, and live milking demonstrations. The farm store sells dairy products and refreshments, open Monday through Saturday, closed Sundays.

BellaBlue Berry Farm sits along Bradenton-Arcadia Road in inland Manatee County — cattle ranching country east of Bradenton where a handful of berry growers have carved out fields among the pastures.

Venice

At the Venice location on US 41 Bypass South, Detwiler's sells the same fresh produce, fish market, butcher shop, and bakery lineup found at its five other Southwest Florida stores. The family-owned chain, founded in 2002 by Henry Detwiler, built its reputation on produce prices and a rotating selection of Amish-made goods.

Myakka City

We realize that well cared for honey bees produce more honey, and we also know that they produce the best tasting honey! We look after our own honey bees, it’s a family endeavor and even today we still fill each bottle of honey ourselves, and we do this so that we know that it’s the best it can be… we can't envision doing things any other way. Try our large selection of 100% Pure Raw Honey Today!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ruskin

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

Ruskin

Myakka Head

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.

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.

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.

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