Farms Near Brainerd, MN

Brainerd

Lakes Area Growers Market sets up at 1001 Kingwood St in Brainerd, at the Franklin Arts Center lot, running Tuesdays and Fridays from mid-May through mid-October. Vendors sell in-season fruit and vegetables raised within 50 miles of the market, plus bedding plants, honey, preserves, and homemade baked goods. Locals have voted it the top farmers market in the Lakes Area.

Baxter

Baxter Market sets up Fridays from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., mid-May through October, in the Westport Shopping Center parking lot between Pizza Hut and Keller Williams. About ten vendors rotate through as the season builds, including Stone Hill Farm and Thorson's Farm Fresh Produce, selling produce, buffalo meat, baked goods, and candles. It's one stop on the Brainerd Lakes Area Farmers Markets circuit.

Baxter

Brainerd

Boys-N-Berries is a berry farm on Mathias Road outside Brainerd, in the lakes country of central Minnesota. No website, phone, or social listing turned up in research — call ahead or check local farmers markets to confirm what's in season.

Brainerd

Brambling Rows Farm is a family-run farm and greenhouse in the Brainerd Lakes area growing pick-your-own raspberries and grapes in summer, plus heirloom tomatoes, asparagus, rhubarb, garlic, melons, and a hydroponic lettuce they developed. John and Ruth Jansen started it out of a love for horticulture, and Travis and Rachel Cobb took over in 2019. Their produce also shows up at the Nisswa and Brainerd farmers markets.

Fort Ripley

Brainerd

Brainerd

Nelson-Shine Produce is a family-run vegetable farm near Brainerd that grows and sells a wide range of vegetables through the summer and runs a CSA. The Nelsons recently wound down a poultry-processing side of the business to focus on produce. Members and drop-in buyers order vegetables in season directly from the farm; Ron handles orders.

Nisswa

Nisswa Farmers' Market runs Thursday mornings, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., mid-May through October, in the American Legion parking lot in downtown Nisswa. Vendors bring fresh, locally grown produce alongside handcrafted items and other locally sourced goods, drawing from the wider Brainerd Lakes Area farm community.

Nisswa

Jake and Scout's Berry Farm was a pick-your-own blueberry and cut-flower farm in the Brainerd Lakes area near Nisswa, started by Lise Herren, with Wednesday evening s'mores a fixture of its early seasons. The property sold in 2019 to Todd and Tracy Linbo, who now run it as Double T Acres, still offering u-pick blueberries off County Road 29.

Lake Shore

Lake Shore

Pequot Lakes

Crosby

Cuyuna Range Farmers' Market fills Main Street Plaza in Crosby every Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., June through October. Fifteen to twenty-five vendors show up on a given week with farm-fresh produce and crafted goods, and the market accepts SNAP/EBT. It sits in the middle of the old mining towns that give the Cuyuna Range its name.

Pick-your-own strawberries run from mid-June to mid-July near Brainerd, open 7am to 5pm daily until the patch is picked out. Blueberries follow around mid-July, available Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays from 7am to noon. You can pick your own or have the crew pick for you, and families are welcome. The farm is on Mail Route Road. Call 218-839-2665 to check the day's picking.

Pequot Lakes

Ideal Green Market Co-op runs a Saturday farmers market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., alongside its natural foods grocery store at 34988 Co Rd 39 in Pequot Lakes. The co-op format ties the market into the store's existing base of natural and local-foods shoppers in the Pequot Lakes area.

Brakstad Natural Farms operates in Minnesota. No website or listing was found to confirm products or location.

Pine River

Little Falls

Little Falls

Home Farm sells produce direct from the Januschka family's place east of Little Falls, in central Minnesota, with on-farm pickup for local buyers. The lineup follows the season, with vegetables and fruit as each crop comes ready. A small family farm listed through a regional local-food market rather than a storefront of its own.

Pine River

Red Barn Orchard grew apples for more than 20 years off 44th Street SW near Pine River before closing its pick-your-own operation; the owner now keeps apples and bees on a smaller scale. In its full seasons it offered 14 varieties, including Honeycrisp, Zestar, SnowSweet, and Chestnut Crab, plus fresh-pressed cider, honey, and pumpkins, all grown under integrated pest management.

Little Falls

Little Falls

Little Elk Organic Farm is a certified organic, generational family farm along the Little Elk River near Randall, selling raw organic milk and cream, free-range eggs, beef, pastured poultry, hand-harvested wild rice, hardneck garlic, and maple syrup. The farm also runs grafting and pruning workshops.

Little Falls

Little Falls

Pine River

Pine River Market Square sets up at the Pine River Depot every Friday from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m., Memorial Day weekend through late September. Established in 2009, it's a growers' and crafters' market that accepts SNAP/EBT and stocks produce, baked goods, and Minnesota-made items from within about 50 miles of Pine River.

Pine River

Pine River Market Square moves indoors to The Warehouse for winter dates on the second Saturday of October and November, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It's the cold-season companion to the Friday summer market at the Pine River Depot, run by the same growers' and crafters' group and open to new vendors year-round.

Pine River

Pick-your-own Northblue blueberries, a hardy Minnesota-bred variety, grown without chemicals near Pine River since 1994. The family farm opens roughly 9am to noon in late July and August, or by appointment when the berries are on. Call 218-587-2752 to confirm picking before you drive out.

Pine River

A pick-your-own blueberry farm going since 1994 at 1824 36th Avenue SW in Pine River, up in north-central lakes country. The family grows Minnesota-bred Northblue blueberries without chemicals, opening late July through August, 9am to noon or by appointment. Rows fill fast, so they suggest calling (218) 587-2752 or checking Facebook for picking conditions before the drive.

Aitkin

Elm Island Lake Berry Farm has grown u-pick strawberries and raspberries since 1997 on small fields ringed by woods and hay meadows, six and a half miles southeast of Aitkin on County Road 12. Picking usually runs from late June into mid-July. Hours shift with the crop, so the farm asks pickers to call ahead for daily conditions; pre-picked berries need a few hours' notice. Reach them at (218) 927-3087.

Staples

Staples Motley Area Farmers Market sets up Thursday afternoons from 2 to 5:30 p.m. through the growing season. Vendors sell fresh produce, meat, eggs, and baked and canned goods, and the market participates in SNAP, WIC, and the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, serving both Staples and neighboring Motley.