Produce Farms near Birmingham, AL

Birmingham

The Farmers Market at Pepper Place is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, state-certified farmers market that has connected Alabama growers with Birmingham shoppers since 2000. The Saturday market runs 7 AM to noon from late January through mid-December, with a midweek Wednesday market April through July, rain or shine, featuring Alabama grown, raised, and made products plus live music and seasonal events.

Birmingham

Fountain Heights Farms Cooperative is a community-driven urban farm in Birmingham, Alabama, reclaiming land and growing fresh food access through sustainable farming, education, and the We All Eat CSA. The cooperative is expanding with a neighborhood market and community kitchen to broaden food access and create local jobs.

Birmingham

The Alabama Farmers Market in Birmingham is open to the public seven days a week, year-round, with both wholesale and retail vendors. Founded by the Jefferson County Truck Growers Association in 1921 and at its current 49-acre location since 1956, the farmer-owned market hosts between 2,000 and 2,500 Alabama farmers annually, with dedicated sheds for local growers selling seasonal produce.

Judy Bee's Honey and Berry Farm is a u-pick blueberry and blackberry farm in Mount Olive run by local beekeepers, who also sell raw honey harvested on-site. It's a smaller, family-scale operation rather than a big commercial patch — call ahead before visiting, since the farm has had seasons where picking wasn't open to the public.

Bessemer

Pocahontas Produce, also known locally as McCalla Produce, sells fresh eggs, vegetables, and honey out of Bessemer, cash or check only. The stand's main produce window runs late June into early July, with u-pick blueberries added most weekends from June through the end of August. It's a Jefferson County operation that's stayed small and seasonal rather than expanding into a year-round market.

West Jefferson

Blueberry Hill Farm grows blueberries on Jackson Road in West Jefferson, a hill-country community in northern Jefferson County. Alabama's blueberry season generally runs June into July, though this farm's specific hours aren't posted publicly.

Springville

Bear Mountain Blueberry Farm sits just outside Clay's city limits in Springville and grows its blueberries without pesticides. The farm hands out buckets for picking and bags for the drive home, opening for a few weeks each summer starting around mid-June. It's cash only, and current hours are posted to Facebook rather than a fixed calendar, since ripening depends on the season's weather.

Wilsonville

Lyon Blueberry Farm grows blueberries in Wilsonville, a small Shelby County town along the Coosa River. No website or listing confirms current picking hours or pricing; smaller blueberry operations in this area generally open for a few weeks each summer and sell direct from the farm.

Hayden

Sleepy Hollow Blueberry Farm runs a family-operated u-pick season in Hayden, in Blount County's blueberry belt, typically from late May through July. Pricing and daily hours shift with the crop, so the farm's Facebook page functions as the de facto front desk during picking season. There's no listed phone number or website beyond that, which is common among the smaller blueberry patches scattered through this part of north Alabama.

Odenville

Mae-berry Blueberry Farm is a small blueberry operation on Happy Hollow Road in Odenville. It keeps a lower profile than the bigger commercial u-pick farms in the area, with no posted website or standing hours — worth a call ahead to confirm the farm is picking before making the trip.

Montevallo

Alabama Acres in Montevallo raises all-natural, humanely-raised animal products: grass-fed beef, pastured pork, eggs from pasture-raised hens, and heirloom, non-GMO produce grown with biodiverse, beyond-organic methods. The farm has announced it is taking a break — check their website or social pages for current availability.

Cropwell

Wadsworth Blueberries is a fourth-generation, pick-your-own farm five miles south of Pell City, growing seven varieties of rabbiteye blueberries on land the family has worked since 1911. Alabama has recognized the farm as a Century and Heritage Farm. Pickers grab a container, head into the rows, and pay on the honor system, with the Appalachian foothills and Lake Logan Martin as the backdrop.