Farms Near Valley Center, CA

Valley Center

Years before the Stehly Family began farming in Valley Center, the roots of Stehly Farms stretch back to the agriculture days of Orange County, CA. Nicholas J Stehly founded the original farm in the 1920′s, and was later acquired by Jerome Stehly Sr. where he continued farming. As the population in Orange County grew, farm land got thinner and the Stehly Family felt the pressure and knew it was time to get back to open land. In 1964, Jerome Sr. moved the farm to where it sits now in Valley Cente

Valley Center

Nopalito Farm & Hopyard is a regenerative farm on 15 acres of chaparral foothills in Valley Center, on historic land of the Luiseño Payómkawichum people, stewarded by the Brownwood family since 2015. The certified organic orchards, flower fields, and botanicals share the land with wildlife habitat and cabins bookable through Hipcamp for overnight farm stays.

MotherLoad Farm & Nursery in Valley Center, California grows produce using both soil beds and hydroponic systems, and bakes its own bread and pastries on-site. The farm also sells eggs directly from the property, pairing a working farm stand with a small bakery counter.

Valley Center

Eric's Valencia Orchard grows Valencia oranges at the corner of Cole Grade and Tyler roads in Valley Center, part of San Diego County's inland citrus and avocado belt. Valencias are a late-season variety, typically picked from spring into summer after the navel crop finishes. No contact info is listed online.

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Valley Center

The Lavender Fields sits on Keys Creek Road in Valley Center, part of the North San Diego County backcountry known for small flower and lavender growers. The business's old web domain is now parked for sale, so current operating status, hours, and offerings could not be confirmed.

Solidarity Farm is a worker-owned cooperative in Valley Center, North San Diego County, growing vegetables and running a CSA and on-site farm stand. Through their Foodshed Cooperative partnership they also supply eggs, meat, fish, and neighboring beekeepers' honey to local restaurants and retailers.

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Valley Center

Bates Nut Farm has sold roasted nuts, fudge and gourmet treats from its Valley Center property for over a century, stocking pistachios, pecans, cashews, peanuts and sunflower seeds roasted on site. The 100-acre farm also keeps mini-donkeys, goats, sheep, llamas and peacocks that visitors can hand-feed for 75 cents a bag. Admission is free; reach the farm at 760-749-3333 or [email protected].

Pauma Valley

Fairfield Farms, established in 2003 by Carol and Bill Steed, grows organic blueberries and avocados in Pauma Valley's one-of-a-kind microclimate north of San Diego. The family-run farm runs on-site solar power, its own reservoir, and on-site packing, with blueberries available April through June and avocados February through August in retail stores.

Quixote Farm operates in California. Specific crops, location, and hours weren't confirmed for this listing.

PAUMA VALLEY

Mountain Meadow Mushrooms operates in California. Specific mushroom varieties, location, and hours weren't confirmed for this listing.

Escondido

Archi's Acres grows certified organic, hydroponic produce on Lilac Road in Escondido and supplies it to San Diego County businesses year-round. Since 2006 the farm has also trained military veterans in sustainable agriculture through its VSAT program, now run under the Archi Institute, and hosts guests on-site.

Escondido

Terra Madre Gardens is a small organic farm and event venue in Escondido, California, known for community workshops and on-site farm weddings alongside its produce growing. The organization has been in transition off its original property, so confirm current location before visiting.

Escondido

Escondido

Fluegge Egg Ranch has produced eggs in North San Diego County for 70 years, founded in 1956 by Walter and Lucy Fluegge and now spanning four generations of the family. The ranch supplies Southern California stores and restaurants and runs a farm stand at the corner of its Valley Center property on North Lake Wohlford Road, open Tuesday through Sunday with cartons, flats, and checks straight from the farm.

Escondido

J.R. Organics is a fourth-generation family farm in Escondido, certified organic since 1986 — four decades of growing some of San Diego County's freshest produce. The farm delivers weekly and bi-weekly certified organic CSA farm boxes across the county, sells at more than a dozen farmers markets from Carlsbad to Temecula, and offers online pre-orders, with farm tours by appointment.

Escondido

A certified farmers market at the Lawrence Welk Resort in Escondido, in the North County San Diego citrus and wine-grape region.

Escondido's Tuesday market on East Grand Avenue focuses on organic vendors, per its name, in a North San Diego County valley historically known for citrus and avocado groves.

Escondido

Fran's Original Farm Stand operates on Summit Drive in Escondido, part of inland San Diego County's citrus and avocado belt. No working website, social page, or product list turned up in research, so specifics beyond the name and address could not be confirmed.

Escondido

Escondido

Escondido

Be Wise Ranch has grown certified organic produce in the Santa Fe Valley, eight miles east of San Diego, since 1977 — founder Bill Brammer helped draft the state and federal legislation defining organic standards during his term as CCOF president. The coastal microclimate allows year-round growing of nationally known vine-ripe heirloom tomatoes, strawberries, squash, and greens, sold wholesale and through a CSA delivering weekly boxes to pickup points across San Diego County.

Escondido

George Hillebrecht bought his first parcel of the ranch in Escondido in 1924, and continued to buy adjoining parcels as he could afford them, until he had 150 acres. His parents were citrus farmers from Orange County, and he chose this area because the land was affordable and they had a promising source of local water. George planted valencia oranges and lemons from his own nursery, and later planted fuerte avocados. He retired in the mid 50’s and his son Ben, Laura’s father, continued planting

Roadrunner Organics, doing business as Hernandez Family Produce, grows produce in California and sells direct to farmers markets rather than through large retail chains.

San Diego

Wholesome Heritage Farms Pumpkin Patch operates on San Pasqual Road in the San Pasqual Valley, a working agricultural valley east of San Diego known for its dairies and seasonal farm stands. As the name suggests, it's a fall pumpkin-patch operation. No hours, admission, or contact details are posted online yet.

Frank Konyn Dairy milks roughly 880 cows in the San Pasqual Valley Agricultural Preserve outside Escondido, billed as the last remaining dairy in San Diego County. The operation also runs San Pasqual Valley Soils, selling compost and mulch, and gives away dairy manure for a nominal loading charge.

Escondido

A farm stand on Miller Avenue in Escondido selling local produce alongside jams, jellies, and pickles, with fall and winter selections rotating through. It's one of a handful of small stands scattered through this stretch of North County San Diego growing land.

Rancho Guejito has run cattle on its roughly 23,000-acre Escondido property since 1845, making it one of California's last intact Mexican land grant ranchos still in operation. The ranch sells 100% grass-fed, hormone- and antibiotic-free beef in boxed assortments for local pickup or delivery around San Diego County.

Escondido

Escondido

Farm Stand West sells produce from a stand on Miller Ave in Escondido, in the North County San Diego growing region known for citrus, avocados, and small produce operations.

Escondido

San Marcos

Golden Door Country Store in San Marcos shares the harvest of Golden Door's bio-intensive kitchen garden and groves — seasonal organic produce from citrus and strawberries to heirloom tomatoes and greens, grown without pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. The store, open Tuesday through Sunday, also carries preserves, marmalades, estate honey, olive oil, and a rotating schedule of freshly baked breads from local bakers.

Escondido

This certified market once ran Sundays at the Sikes Adobe Historic Farmstead on Sunset Drive, serving shoppers from Escondido, Rancho Bernardo, Poway, and the wider North San Diego County area. Its Facebook page confirms it closed permanently on June 14, 2021, and hasn't reopened since. The address on record is accurate to where it stood — there's just no market to visit there anymore.

Fallbrook

Fallbrook

Temecula Valley Strawberry Farms grows its berries hydroponically on 5th Street in Fallbrook, a family-owned operation built around a growing system that skips soil beds for raised, irrigated troughs. The approach lets the farm extend its picking season beyond what dirt-grown strawberries in the area typically manage. Contact details are limited online — check local farm-trail directories for current hours before visiting.

The Bonsall Certified Farmer's Market and Open Air Fair sets up every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bonsall Elementary School. The Bonsall Education Foundation runs it as a fundraiser for the Bonsall Union School District, so vendor fees circle back to local classrooms. Stalls carry fresh vegetables, fruit, seafood, meat, nuts, honey, cheese, cut flowers, herbs, plants, and soap, alongside baked goods, prepared foods, and handmade crafts.

San Diego

Rancho Bernardo Pumpkin Farm, part of San Diego's Pumpkin Station and Pinery group operating since 1999. This is one of the group's farm sites, on Highland Valley Road, with sunflower fields, a corn maze, tractor rides, and a petting zoo.

Fallbrook

Kenny's Strawberry Farm runs a seasonal u-pick strawberry operation on Rainbow Valley Boulevard near Fallbrook, open roughly February through July, plus a farm stand selling pre-picked berries and a small farm shop that runs classes and events through the season. The family has grown strawberries there for more than a decade, picking each variety at peak ripeness rather than shipping green.

Garden 31 is a San Diego County nonprofit that trains and mentors at-risk youth and adults — including formerly incarcerated and justice-impacted community members — in regenerative agriculture and life skills. The next generation of farmers grows organic produce for communities with limited access to healthy whole foods, alongside school gardens, rehabilitation, and food equity programs.

San Marcos

San Diego

Bernardo Winery hosts this certified market every Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in its lower parking lot at 13330 Paseo Del Verano Norte in San Diego. Vendors line up alongside the vineyard grounds selling fresh produce, pantry provisions, cut flowers, and food from local artisans. The winery's shops and tasting room stay open the same morning.

Fallbrook

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Temecula

Big Horse Feed & Mercantile, the Temecula Valley's equine and livestock supply store, turns 11-plus acres behind the shop into Southern California's largest corn maze every fall. The Harvest Festival runs through October with evening hours on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Visitors who show up for tack and feed year-round come back in autumn for the maze, hayrides, and pumpkin patch.

Vista

Sand n' Straw Community Farm is a family-owned regenerative farm on six acres in Vista, California, growing dozens of pesticide-free crops — from avocados, dragon fruit, and citrus to tomatoes, squash, and berries — using organic, permaculture, and soil-building practices. The farm stand opens Wednesday and Saturday with produce, small-batch jams, raw honey, sourdough, and teas, and a $35 weekly CSA farm box comes with recipes, quarterly farm tours, and member discounts.

Ramona

Farmhouse Getaways rents out two agritourism properties in Ramona: the four-acre Red Barn Ranch, with a pool, on-site market, game barn, and farm animals, and the eight-acre Mountain Retreat, with hiking trails and a private hot tub. Both operate as eco-focused vacation stays for individuals, families, and events like weddings and reunions.

Ramona

Fallbrook

Jimbo's is a San Diego County natural and organic grocery chain founded in 1984, with four stores in Carmel Valley, Escondido, Carlsbad, and 4S Ranch. The stores stock organic produce sourced from San Diego-area farmers alongside a full grocery, bakery, and prepared foods lineup, open daily 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Ramona

A seasonal fall pumpkin patch in the Ramona area of San Diego County's wine-country backcountry, roughly 30 minutes northeast of downtown San Diego. Like most patches in the region, expect pick-your-own pumpkins and family activities concentrated in the weeks around October. Current operator and hours weren't confirmable online this round.

Temecula

Doughty Apiaries keeps hives in Temecula, within Southern California's Temecula Valley wine country. The mix of vineyards, citrus groves, and wild sage scrub in the surrounding hills is well known among regional beekeepers for producing sage and citrus-blossom honey.

RAMONA

Ramona sits in San Diego County's inland backcountry, citrus and avocado country dotted with small wineries. This certified market sets up on Main Street in the center of town, where growers from the surrounding ranches sell direct to shoppers making the drive out from the coast.

Ramona

Fallbrook

A Fallbrook operation on East Mission Road combining lavender growing with a fall pumpkin patch, in keeping with North San Diego County's mix of flower farms and agritourism along that corridor. A current website couldn't be confirmed separate from a same-named lavender farm in Michigan, so hours and offerings are unverified.

Bantle Farm operates in California. Specific crops, location, and hours weren't confirmed for this listing.

Santa Ysabel

Fort Cross Old Timey Adventures sits on Highway 78 in Santa Ysabel, in the oak-studded backcountry of San Diego County's Cuyamaca foothills, historic stagecoach and ranching country between Julian and the coast. The name points to a Western-themed agritourism operation. No further confirmed details on activities, hours, or admission.

California

Harbour Farm & Vineyard is on Highway 67 in Ramona, inside the Ramona Valley AVA, a designated wine-grape appellation in San Diego County's inland backcountry. No further confirmed details on what Harbour Farm grows, bottles, or sells directly.