Farms Near Berrien Springs, MI

Berrien Springs

Bixby Farms has worked the same ground in Berrien Springs for generations, growing strawberries, raspberries and peaches for u-pick alongside asparagus and rhubarb sold at the farm stand. They also jar their own salsas and jams and sell farm-fresh eggs. The family's pitch is simple — a straight line from grower to plate — and the market stays open through the spring-to-fall harvest run.

Berrien Center

Earth First Farms, MI - 4296816326_6e9c09ee57_o.jpg About Us Tom and Denise started out by transitioning a conventional orchard to organic, and we have been certified organic since 2006. Our home farm is 49 acres of organic apples, strawberries, peaches, pears and lots of other fruits and vegetables. We have expanded over the years farm and we now farm 50 acres of apples, 10 acres of blueberries and 25 acres of everything else, all organic in SW Michigan. We are a licensed cider producer and ope

Berrien Springs

Berrien Center

Frank Farms has grown fruit in Berrien Center since 1909 and now ships individually quick-frozen black raspberries, peaches, and chocolate-covered dried cherries and blueberries nationwide, year-round. Peach varieties include Red Haven, Canadian Harmony, Glo Haven, and PF22. The farm no longer offers u-pick; orders go out by mail every Monday and Wednesday, holidays excepted.

Blooms N Bees pairs flowers and pollinators in its name, pointing to a honey or cut-flower operation built around bee-friendly growing. No public site confirms products or how to buy — worth a direct call.

Eau Claire

Prillwitz Fruit Farm has grown fruit on Main Street outside Eau Claire for four generations, about a mile from downtown. The U-pick orchard draws a strong local following — a 4.8-star rating and thousands of Facebook likes — for fresh, pick-your-own fruit through the season.

Wild Coyote Organic Farm grows using organic methods, per the name, though no independent website or CSA listing confirms crops, acreage, or how to buy from them. Contact the farm directly for current details.

Berrien Springs

Lavender Fields Farm grows lavender in Berrien Springs, part of Michigan's southwest fruit and wine belt near the Lake Michigan shoreline. Bloom season for Michigan-grown lavender generally runs through July. No current hours, pricing, or contact details were verifiable online, so call before visiting.

Berrien Springs

Petes U-Pick operates on Lemon Creek Road in Berrien Springs, in Berrien County's fruit belt near Michigan's southwest wine trail — a region built on blueberries, peaches, and grapes. No posted season dates or hours are listed publicly yet.

Berrien Center

Dal-Key's Honey Farm sells honey in Indiana. No independent website or social page confirms a location or product line — contact the farm directly for current availability.

Berrien Springs

Forraht Farms is a three-generation family operation in Berrien Springs that opens each September and runs through October. The draw here is the grapes — nine u-pick varieties spread across the vineyard rows, plus pre-picked Bartlett pears and several apple varieties ready to bag and take home. It's a short season, so the fall window is the only time to visit.

Berrien Springs

Lazy Acres Vineyard has grown grapes on more than 200 acres in Berrien Springs since 1959, using organic practices across Merlot, Chardonnay, and Cabernet Sauvignon vines. Grape picking is U-pick and cash-only, at $1 a pound, with visitors bringing their own containers and shears during harvest season.

Sodus

Lange Farms sits on River Road in Sodus, in Michigan's Berrien County fruit belt. No crop list, hours, or contact details for this farm were found online.

Baroda

Hillside Orchards has grown fruit in the Berrien Springs area of Michigan's fruit belt since 1836. The family orchard produces apples, peaches, nectarines, apricots, sweet cherries, and chestnuts, with sweet cherries ready in late June and apples holding through March. This is not a u-pick operation — the orchard sells through USDA-certified channels and supplies markets as far as Chicago.

Berrien Springs

Lemon Creek Fruit Farm has grown fruit on Lemon Creek Road in Berrien Springs for more than 160 years, and the family now runs an estate winery alongside the working farm. The seasonal market sells farm-fresh produce for pick-your-own and retail during fruit season, with tastings and a wine club through the winery side of the operation.

Flatwater Farms LLC is listed in Indiana's farm directory. A certified-organic vegetable farm under a similar name operates in Buchanan, Michigan, but that is a different state and likely a different business, so no products or contact details are confirmed for this Indiana listing. Contact the farm directly to verify.

Shafer Orchards has been in the same Berrien County family for three generations, though it now operates as The Shafer Farm LLC after the Shafers retired and leased the 72 acres to Doug and Suzy Forraht in 2017. U-pick runs five peach varieties in late July and August, then ten apple varieties and Concord grapes into September and October, alongside pumpkins, squash, and gourds.

Niles

Sodus

Buchanan

With careers in the floral industry, farming was a hobby for both of us, not a life plan. But feeding our family a healthier diet -- and eventually sharing it with our Chicagoland Community -- was. So, in December of 2012, with our two young sons Nicholas and Matthew in tow, we took a leap of faith, left our home on the Southside of Chicago, and moved into a charming little farmhouse with 20 chickens atop 14 acres of wooded hills in Buchanan, Michigan. In 2014, we bought our first 4 cows and a y

Eau Claire

Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm in Eau Claire hosts the International Cherry Pit-Spitting Championship every July, a long-running contest that's made this Berrien County u-pick farm a summer landmark well beyond its cherry, peach, and apple orchards. No current hours or pricing were independently verified this round — call ahead before visiting.

Buchanan

Buchanan, known locally as the Redbud City for its spring-blooming trees, is a small Berrien County community. Its farmers market at 122 Days Avenue has no current website or social page listing vendors or hours.

Bridgman

Berry Lucky Farm is a six-acre blueberry operation outside Bridgman that's been in the family for generations, though u-pick only started in 2019. The season is short — usually early July through early August — with hours around 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. most days. Check Facebook or Instagram before driving out, since picking hours shift with how the bushes are producing.

Niles

Niles Artisan Alley Market takes over East Main Street with a European-style open-air setup, running Sundays from late spring through summer. Vendors sell fresh produce, baked breads, handcrafted clothing, flowers, and other artisan foods in the alley space downtown. The city maintains an official page for current season dates, since exact hours have shifted year to year.

This Niles market, once branded as part of the Bensidoun French Market network, sets up near the corner of Front and Main downtown. Vendors have sold seasonal produce, breads, flowers, books, clothing, and other specialty goods on summer Sundays, though some local listings now refer to the same event as the Niles Homegrown Market.

Benton Harbor

Sandoval Farm runs u-pick strawberries, peaches, raspberries, blueberries, and sweet cherries near St. Joseph, along with an on-site beekeeping operation and a farm stand called the Fruit Shack. Hours and crop availability shift with the season, and online listings for the farm are sparse and inconsistent enough that calling ahead beats trusting any single source.

Dowagiac

Buchanan

Benton Harbor

Stevensville

Barbott Farms & Greenhouse has grown flowering annuals, perennials, shrubs, vegetables and herbs in Stevensville, run today by Andrew Barbott. The greenhouse opens the last week of April and stays open through October 31, with hours Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 10 to 5. It's more garden center than u-pick farm — the draw is plants and produce, not a fall festival.

Sodus

McCartney Farm grows nectarines, peaches, Bartlett pears, and apples on Hillandale Road in Sodus, in Michigan's fruit belt near Benton Harbor. Nectarines and peaches ripen in August, pears come in early September, and apples carry the U-pick season from late September through October, alongside apple cider and winter squash.

Niles

Eau Claire

The name Castanea sativa is the botanical name for the European chestnut, and the address near Eau Claire lands in Berrien County — the warmest stretch of Michigan's fruit belt, usually associated with peaches and grapes rather than nut trees. No public contact info confirms current hours.

Niles

Rooted Acres is an emerging small-scale vegetable and herb farm near Niles in southwest Michigan, founded in 2021 on an acre of land cleared from overgrown forest. The farm hand-grows its produce with a mission of community giveback — donating over 4,000 pounds (two tons) of fresh produce to Michiana organizations in need since its founding.

Niles

Dowagiac

Saint Joseph

Johanson's Apple World supplies fruit and vegetables in season from its Keehn Road location near Baroda, along with jams and jellies made on-site. The operation sells primarily as a supplier rather than a walk-in farm stand, so calling ahead is the reliable way to check availability.

Niles

Lehman's Orchard farms 55 acres of U-pick fruit on Portage Road in Niles, growing apples, pears, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, wine grapes, and tomatoes. Tart cherries ripen first, around July 4th, with blueberries following in late July. The farm turns its own fruit into wines, hard ciders, relishes, salsas, jams, and fudge, sold at a small on-site market open most days of the week.

Benton Harbor

Sommerfeld Farms has deep roots in the Benton Harbor area, with family members farming there since the 1800s. Current posts show corn stalks and straw bales sold for fall decorating, tracked through the farm's Facebook page rather than a formal website. Beyond that, details on what else they grow or sell aren't documented online.

Niles

Stevensville

Bredeweg Acres has run as a family u-pick blueberry farm since 1988, worked by Farmer Roger and Grandma Ruth Ann out of Stevensville. Picking season opens the first week of July, Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; bring your own container or use one of theirs. The farm also sells Christmas trees each winter and takes cash, check, or Venmo — no cards.

Niles

Eckler's Produce and Greenhouse operates on Barron Lake Road in Niles, near Michigan's southwest border with Indiana. A combined produce stand and greenhouse suggests both field crops and bedding plants, though no hours or product list are posted online.

St Joseph

CSA MEMBERSHIPS We are now accepting CSA memberships for the 2023 season! CSA stands for community-supported agriculture and it is the best way to directly support your local farm. Each week you will receive a box full of assorted farm goodies that are picked fresh and in season. We have several different pickup location options available and are hoping to add a delivery option soon. Learn more

Benton Harbor

Glendora

Twin Maple Orchard grows fruit on Cleveland Avenue in Glendora, just outside Galien in Michigan's southwest corner, offering u-pick harvesting and fresh produce sold at local farmers markets seven days a week from 10am to 6pm during the season. The farm also welcomes RV travelers through the Harvest Hosts network. Call ahead for which fruits are ready to pick.

Galien

Benton Harbor Fruit Market, on Territorial Road in neighboring Benton Township, replaced the original wholesale fruit market that once stood in Benton Harbor's "flats" district before that area was demolished in a 1967 urban renewal project. It remains a noted landmark in a county still built around fruit growing.

Dowagiac

Sprague's Family Fun Farm sits on Middle Crossing Road in Dowagiac, Michigan, in Cass County in the state's southwest corner. Activities and season aren't confirmed online yet.

Benton Harbor

Benton Harbor Farmers Market operates on Pipestone Street in downtown Benton Harbor, a Berrien County city in Michigan's southwest fruit belt. It's a separate, present-day market from the historic Benton Harbor Fruit Market wholesale operation that once ran nearby — this one serves retail shoppers in the city center.

Bridgman

Starbucks Blueberry Farm — no relation to the coffee chain, formerly known as Jones' Blueberries — grows more than six blueberry varieties, including Blue Crop and Jersey, for u-pick in Bridgman. Buckets are provided, there's a picnic area for a break between rows, and berries go home in plastic bags or a purchased box. Updates on opening dates run through Facebook, Instagram, and an email newsletter rather than a fixed schedule.

Bridgman

Rambo Blueberries grows blueberries on Gast Road in Bridgman, deep in Berrien County's fruit belt along Lake Michigan. No hours, u-pick details, or contact information were found online.

Saint Joseph

Nye's Apple Barn has farmed this stretch of Niles Road since the late 1800s and still sells mostly its own fruit and vegetables. Amish-style pies, jams, and jellies fill out the barn alongside caramel apples, honey sticks, and salsas. The farm runs U-pick and orchard visits on a midweek-to-weekend schedule in Saint Joseph.

Galien

Thanks to permaculture and biodiverse farming practices, over the last seven years, we’ve been able to transform degraded fields into a thriving ecosystem of diverse flora and fauna offering a new supply chain of regeneratively grown heirloom tomatoes. Beyond our farm, we’re proud to share that we’ve built a robust community of local, independent farmers who share our vision to go beyond organic to heal the soil.

Benton Harbor

Harbor Market sets up Wednesdays from 10am to 3pm at 510 W. Main Street in Benton Harbor, spring through fall. Vendors sell produce, baked goods, and artisan goods, and past markets have included vegan meats, jewelry, and clothing alongside the usual fruits and vegetables, with live music on some market days.

Mick Klüg Farms in St. Joseph, Michigan has hand-harvested premium fruit and vegetables for generations, supplying Chicago-land and Southwest Michigan through farmers markets, wholesale delivery routes, and June, peak-season, and full-season CSA subscriptions. The New Buffalo farmstand is now open daily at 116 N. Whittaker Street downtown, with pickup spots and home delivery through the webstore.