Farms in Cedar Rapids, IA

Cedar Rapids · Produce Farm

Cultivate Hope Urban Farm, founded in 2012 by Matthew 25 on land cleared after the 2008 flood, is Iowa's first urban farm, growing pesticide-free fruits and vegetables on two acres in Cedar Rapids' northwest-side food desert. The harvest reaches neighbors through farmers markets, the Cultivate Hope Corner Store, and Groundswell Café, alongside community garden plots, youth programs, a 1,000-square-foot greenhouse, and a harvest festival.

Cedar Rapids · Agritourism Farm

Family-owned since 1991, this rural Cedar Rapids farm taps its own trees for 100% pure maple syrup, sold in sizes from a small glass decanter up to a 16-ounce jug. The Goldings also sell honey, garden vegetables, wild berries, and hay, all harvested by hand and grown without insecticides or herbicides. Visits are by appointment — call or email ahead before driving out.

Cedar Rapids · Farm Stand, Organic Farm

Cedar Rapids · CSA Farm, Organic Farm

Cedar Rapids · Farmers Market

Collins Rd. & Council St. NE Cedar Rapids · Farmers Market

Noelridge is one of several neighborhood farmers markets that Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation operates directly, rather than leaving it to a nonprofit or chamber group. It runs seasonally at the Collins Road and Council Street NE corner in northeast Cedar Rapids. The city runs multiple markets across different neighborhoods on different days, so confirm the current location and hours with Parks and Rec before visiting.

Marion · Agritourism Farm, Pumpkin Patch

East Post Pumpkins started in 2009 as a hobby patch and has grown into a self-serve roadside stand in Marion, open daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. through the season. Alongside specialty pumpkins and mums, the farm grows fresh cut flowers — zinnias, sunflowers, strawflowers, peonies — plus honey and lavender, sold on the honor system rather than through a staffed stand.

Marion · Farmers Market

Palo · Agritourism Farm

Meadowview Farm, Inc. has worked its Covington Road ground outside Palo since being registered in 1996, growing field crops as a general crop operation. Mary Goodlove runs a WIC-approved store on the property, making it one of the area stops where WIC benefits cover farm-grown food. Phone 319-396-2010 for current availability.

Marion · Farmers Market

Swisher · Agritourism Farm, Apiary

Honey Creek Acres is a Swisher-area farm categorized under tree-fruit and crop production in business directories, with honey listed among its offerings. Specific products, hours, and contact details aren't published online — confirm directly before planning a visit.

Marion · Agritourism Farm, Pumpkin Patch

Bart's Farm charges no admission or parking fee - pay only for what you pick or ride. The Alburnett Road farm runs pumpkins in every size, a small corn maze, hayrides, and weekend pony rides, open weekdays 3 p.m. to dark and weekends 9 a.m. to dark each fall through Halloween. It's built as an affordable, low-frills alternative to the bigger agritourism farms around Cedar Rapids.

Marion · Agritourism Farm, Orchard

Atkins · Agritourism Farm

Bloomsbury Farm calls itself Iowa's premier Adventure Farm, and the year-round calendar backs it up - a spring Bunny Bash and tulip festival, a baby-animal festival, and a fall festival with a full pumpkin patch and corn maze. Add a zip line, jumping pillow, super slide, and petting zoo, and it's built for a full day rather than an hour. The farm sits 10 minutes west of Cedar Rapids and 40 minutes north of Iowa City.

Mount Vernon · Farm Stand

Solon · Agritourism Farm, Pumpkin Patch

Shima Pumpkin Patch is a seasonal pumpkin farm on Highway 382 outside Solon, in Johnson County's cluster of fall patches. Hours and current offerings aren't posted online, so a call ahead is worth it before visiting.

Mount Vernon · Farm Stand, Orchard

Solon · CSA Farm, Produce Farm

Wild Woods Farm is Farmer Kate's CSA farm in rural Solon, just north of Iowa City, serving area families with organically grown vegetables since 2010. Members receive weekly boxes of seasonal, hand-selected produce picked the day of delivery — and because the farm is so close to town, they can visit and see exactly where their food grows.

Solon

Solon · CSA Farm

Sundog Farm is a diversified vegetable farm located on the rolling hills between Solon and Mt. Vernon, Iowa, and is the principal vegetable grower for Local Harvest CSA. Sundog Farm was formerly ZJ farm, which was owned and operated by Susan Jutz and her family for over twenty years. In 1996 Susan started Local Harvest CSA in collaboration with other small farmers, and was always the principal vegetable grower. She has been committed to supporting and mentoring young farmers for many years, and

Solon

ABOUT IOWA GROWN A great love for Iowa, the outdoors, and fresh, natural foods were the inspirations that lead Vince Waters and Bethany Fischer to create Iowa Grown LLC in 2012. What started as a hobby quickly blossomed into the vibrant small farm they own today. "Our mission is to grow good produce! We believe in sustainable farming using organic practices, conducting good land stewardship, creating diverse green spaces and preserving a healthy soil." ​ STEWARDSHIP Read More > ​ For generations

Mt. Vernon · CSA Farm, Organic Farm

City Park Shellsburg · Farmers Market

Shellsburg Farmers Market meets at City Park in this small Benton County town east of Cedar Rapids. Local growers set up to sell seasonal produce and homemade goods to neighbors through the summer months.

Solon · CSA Farm, Organic Farm

Mount Vernon · Farm Stand

North Liberty · Agritourism Farm, Pumpkin Patch

Colony Pumpkin Patch bills itself as 'a little country in the city,' running a five-acre corn maze alongside pumpkin hunting, hayrides, and a playground just outside North Liberty. It's a compact operation aimed at families who want fall activities without driving out to rural farmland - eastern Iowa's version of a pumpkin patch reachable in fifteen minutes from Iowa City or Cedar Rapids.

Solon · Agritourism Farm, Flower Farm

This cut-flower farm sits between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, growing blooms it turns into wedding flowers from May through October. Brides can buy wholesale stems for do-it-yourself arranging or order finished bouquets, boutonnieres, corsages, and full ceremony-and-reception florals directly from the farm.

Springville · Farmers Market

Springville Farmers' Market meets at the Cox Lake Pavilion behind City Hall on Broadway, in this Linn County town northeast of Cedar Rapids. Growers sell seasonal produce direct to neighbors through the market season.

Mt Vernon

In 1946, Howard and Elizabeth Kroul married and began raising their five kids on a family farm south of Mount Vernon. They raised corn and soybeans as well as cattle and pigs. Their family values and strong work ethic were instilled in their children and a legacy was born. Today, Lizzy and Howard’s son, John, and his wife Kaylene, have transformed that farm into a modern marketplace for seasonal produce. They still raise the same traditional Iowa crops and animals as Howard and Lizzy did all tho

Amana · Farm Stand, Organic Farm

Mount Vernon · Agritourism Farm

Bass Farms sits on Highway 30 West outside Mount Vernon, in Linn County's stretch between Cedar Rapids and the Lincoln Highway corridor. It's a working farm running agritourism activities on the property.

Mount Vernon · Agritourism Farm, Orchard

The Marti family grows 2,200 apple trees across 20-plus varieties on their property west of Mount Vernon, and the on-farm store sells what the orchard doesn't move as fresh fruit — fried donuts, baked goods, and honey. It's a weekend operation, open Saturday and Sunday, closed the rest of the week, which keeps the pace closer to a small family orchard than a full-time retail operation.

Center Point · Agritourism Farm

Simon Farm is located on Urbana Road outside Center Point in Linn County. No confirmed details on crops, hours, or activities are published online — call ahead to check what's currently open.

Central City · Farmers Market

Central City Farmers' Market sets up at Courtyard Park on South 5th Street in this Linn County town along the Wapsipinicon River, a short drive north of Cedar Rapids. The river bottomland here has long supported small produce operations that feed markets across the metro, and this one runs on the same summer-into-fall schedule as its neighbors.

Central City · Orchard, CSA Farm

Buffalo Ridge Orchard in Central City, Iowa grows quality local produce for its community, with a farm store open Tuesday through Saturday from May to mid-December. Its Collaboration CSA bundles 6–12 weekly items from the orchard and other local growers, while dedicated Apple Shares deliver 6–20 apples a week for the apple-a-day crowd.

Iowa City · Farm Stand

Oxford · Agritourism Farm, Produce Farm

Blueyah grows 300 blueberry bushes under organic practices on a small u-pick farm 15 minutes west of Iowa City. Picking works by appointment: an $11 reservation fee applies $10 of it toward your total, with a $10 minimum purchase, or a group of five or fewer can pick for $6 a pound. It's a scenic, small-scale operation, not a commercial-size pick-your-own.

Iowa City · Agritourism Farm

Walker Homestead farms 80 acres outside Iowa City, growing produce for its own kitchen and grapes for wine made on-site, then serves both through farm-to-table dinners and private events. The farm opens to the public Thursdays only — 5 to 9pm April through October, 4 to 8pm November through March — with other times available by appointment. Reach them at 319-351-4791 or [email protected].

Center Point · Agritourism Farm

K and K Ranch grows raspberries for u-pick during July and August outside Center Point, a shorter and less crowded picking window than most eastern Iowa berry farms. There's no storefront or elaborate website - visitors call ahead to check ripeness and hours before driving out. It's a small, seasonal operation worth planning around rather than a spontaneous stop.

Vinton · Agritourism Farm, Plant Nursery

Frazier Nursery has grown windbreak trees and shrubs for Iowa farmers and livestock producers for more than 20 years from its Vinton location between Cedar Rapids and Waterloo. The Frazier family — John, Carolyn, Liz, and Alex — also handles tree planting, moving, and spading for shade trees and landscaping jobs, and partners with Iowa 4-H and FFA on youth tree-planting projects.

Urbana · Farmers Market

Lisbon · Agritourism Farm

Wild Prairie Acres is a small farm in Lisbon, in Linn County in eastern Iowa, near the Cedar River corridor between Cedar Rapids and Mount Vernon.

Iowa City · Agritourism Farm

This bicycle tour once routed riders through Iowa City-area farms for tastings of local produce and fermented foods, pairing a 30-mile paved "Cherry Tomato" loop with a 60-mile paved-and-gravel "Beet-it-Up" route. The event has since been rebranded as the RadTour Bike Ride and still raises money for the Farm to School program and youth cycling groups. Search for RadTour to find current dates and routes.

Iowa City · Farmers Market

Field to Family works to create a more local, healthy and sustainable community-based food system in the Iowa City/ Cedar Rapids region. Field to Family is a nonprofit local food hub offering farm to school education, serving multiple school districts, the University of Iowa, food access agencies, local businesses and other institutions in east central Iowa as well as individual residents and households by increasing access to- and demand for- healthy and local foods. The organization works in partnership with 30+ food service professionals, 60+ local farmers and value - added agricultural enterprises to procure, store, promote and deliver locally-grown foods and food products while ensuring food safety, freshness and quality.

Iowa City · Farm Stand, Produce Farm