Farms Near Cottage Grove, WI

Cottage Grove

Door Creek Orchard is a sustainable heirloom apple orchard just outside Madison in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin — trees rooted in prairie, marsh, and woodland, stewarded alongside wetlands, native grasses, and pollinators because apples belong inside an ecosystem. The Griffith family welcomes visitors to share the fall harvest, September through November.

Cottage Grove

Weber Pastures began when Bill Weber turned a Cottage Grove cornfield into ponds and pasture — then came home from a 2008 Thanksgiving auction with four cows and calves and never looked back. Modeled on Joel Salatin's Polyface Farm, the Madison-area operation now runs about 60 head of grass-fed beef, "way too many chickens to count," and pigs, on sun, grass, and water.

Madison

The Capitol View Farmers' Market runs Wednesdays 3 to 7, late May through mid-October, on Sharpsburg Drive near Madison's Eastside Great Dane — managed by the North Star Neighborhood Association, with weekly food scrap drop-off through Sustain Dane and special events through the season.

Sun Prairie

L'Arc-en-Ciel Prairie sits on Town Hall Drive outside Sun Prairie, east of Madison in Dane County. The French name means "rainbow prairie," pointing to restored native grassland rather than row crops. Details online are sparse, so reach out locally before planning a visit.

McFarland

Cottage Grove

Cottage Grove

Sun Prairie

Held at the Colonial Club's Cremer Auditorium, 301 Blankenheim Lane, this Sun Prairie market meets at an indoor community venue rather than an open lot. Sun Prairie, northeast of Madison, is the fast-growing Dane County town known as home of Jimmy the Groundhog and the birthplace of painter Georgia O'Keeffe. Vendors bring the produce, eggs, and baked goods typical of south-central Wisconsin's markets.

Stoughton

Sun Prairie

Cottage Grove

Anderson's Pleasant Patch grows pumpkins on Koshkonong Road in Cottage Grove, just east of Madison in Dane County. Fall brings carving pumpkins, gourds, and the harvest-season stop that goes with them. Southern Wisconsin patches generally run late September through Halloween. Confirm this year's hours before heading out.

Deerfield

Madison

Opened in 2021 by owners Pip Freeman & Jenny Griep, Meat People is a specialty whole animal butcher shop. This means that (unlike most conventional meat) we purchase the entire animal directly from local farmers and utilize every last part. We carry pasture-raised beef, pork, lamb, and chicken. All of our meat is sourced from Wisconsin farms that practice responsible land stewardship and humane treatment of the animals. We receive fresh meat deliveries every week. Our butchers and staff are pass

McFarland's market runs along US Highway 51 in this Dane County village on Lake Waubesa, just southeast of Madison. Growers from the surrounding farmland bring seasonal vegetables, flowers, and baked goods through the warm months.

The Monona Farmers' Market serves Monona, a lakeside community on the southeast edge of Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin. Local farms bring seasonal vegetables, fruit, baked goods, and crafts through the warm-weather months.

McFarland

At Vitruvian Farms, we grow Certified Organic vegetables and mushrooms, available at our on-site farm store, through our CSA, at the Monona Farmers’ Market, and from our online store with home delivery to the Madison, WI area. Vitruvian Farm's logo explained: Stability, Utility, Beauty, Balance LOCAL | Nearly all of the produce grown at Vitruvian Farms is consumed within a 15-mile radius of our McFarland, WI farm. In addition to our online store and CSA, you can also find our vegetables and mush

DeForest

Fredberg Farms runs a CSA on Portage Road in DeForest, just north of Madison in Dane County. Community-supported farms in the Madison area sell prepaid seasonal shares, with members picking up weekly boxes of vegetables through the growing season. What Fredberg grows and how its shares work weren't detailed online at the time of writing. Given the location, pickup is likely convenient for Madison-area subscribers. Contact the farm to ask about joining.

Windsor

Mayr Family Farm sits on Egre Road in Windsor, just north of Madison in Dane County. Family farms in this stretch of south-central Wisconsin range from row crops to vegetables and pastured livestock. Without a public listing it's hard to pin down exactly what they sell, so contact them directly to learn what's available.

Sun Prairie

JenEhr Family Farm grows certified-organic vegetables on the edge of Sun Prairie, selling through a summer CSA and Madison-area farmers markets. The season table runs the usual Wisconsin range plus season extension: greens, tomatoes, peppers, roots, and herbs. It sits just northeast of Madison in Dane County. Contact the farm directly for current CSA sign-up and market days.

Sun Prairie

Porters Prairie Poultry is a small poultry farm on Vinburn Road outside Sun Prairie, in the farm country northeast of Madison. It raises birds for local sale. Reach the farm directly for current availability of eggs or meat.

Madison

SuperCharge! Foods has been Madison's top microgreens producer since 2009 — pesticide- and chemical-free sunflower, pea shoot, broccoli, and specialty mixes grown with ocean minerals, vortexed water, and biodynamic preps. More than 35 restaurant partners use the greens, with home delivery of microgreens, wheatgrass, cold-pressed juices, and ready-made foods across the Madison area.

Madison

Sitka Seafood Market (formerly Sitka Salmon Shares) delivers seasonal boxes of premium wild-caught seafood — coho, keta, halibut, sablefish, albacore, Dungeness crab, and more — from small-boat fishermen to member doorsteps, with its Midwest operations rooted in Madison. Subscriptions curate for variety, freshness, and flavor, with a marketplace for individual orders.

Madison

The Northside Farmers' Market was born in 2005 after Madison's Northside was declared a food desert — the surviving legacy of the Northside Community Co-op, now running Sundays 8:30 to 12:30, May through October, at Northside TownCenter. SNAP/FoodShare shoppers are welcome with Quest card token exchange, and every vendor produces what they sell.

Mcfarland

Beelafarm is a small farm on Evans Road in McFarland, just southeast of Madison near Lake Waubesa. Farms this close to the city usually sell direct, moving vegetables, eggs, or flowers to Dane County households and markets.

Marshall

Lutz Family Farm is an agritourism operation on County Highway T in Marshall, a small village northeast of Madison in Dane County. There is little published about it online. Contact the farm directly to learn what it grows and whether it's open to visitors.

Town of Albion

Hinchley's Dairy Farm is a working family dairy near Cambridge, on State Highway 73 in the Town of Albion, Dane County. The farm is known for guided tours where visitors see the milking parlor, feed and pet calves and other animals, and learn how a modern dairy runs. It's a long-running agritourism stop in south-central Wisconsin. Tours run by reservation, so book ahead.

This is Madison's Tuesday-afternoon market on the near east side, meeting near 953 Jenifer Street at Central Park in the Marquette neighborhood. Smaller and more neighborhood-focused than the big Saturday market on the Capitol Square, it leans on organic growers, prepared food, and local makers that define Madison's east side. It runs through the warm months and has become a weekly gathering point for the Williamson Street area.

Stoughton

The Roots of Lovefood Way back in the pre-Lovefood era (PLE), right at the beginning of our (Abby and David’s) relationship, I grew a cherry tomato plant in a 5 gallon bucket on the fire escape of a college apartment. The tomatoes were magical and delicious and the experience ignited a love of growing (and eating!) the best of produce. Jump ahead a decade or so… We were living on the eastside of Madison and had a community garden plot. We found out that Abby was pregnant and were over the moon w

Stoughton

Blue Moon Community Farm is a small, diverse organic CSA and market farm in Stoughton, just outside Madison — celebrating over 20 years of local, organic growing for friends and neighbors. Find them at Madison's Westside Community Market, the spring farm stand for organic seedlings and greens, and through CSA registration each season.

Stoughton

Startin’ Small Growing Tall Anu Sky farm is a small woman-owned and operated farm. We offer a ten week (with delivery) every other week CSA share. We grow various fruit, vegetables, flowers, and herbs from May or June until mid-October and are a new face at the Stoughton Farmers Market during the summer months. We do not use chemicals and practice sustainable growing practices to the best of our abilities since 2014. We pride ourselves on farm fresh produce for CSA, Market clientele, and food pa

Oregon

Stoughton

This market runs at 207 S. Forrest Street in Stoughton, a Dane County town known for its Norwegian heritage and yearly Syttende Mai festival. Local growers bring the produce, eggs, honey, and baked goods common to south-central Wisconsin markets through the growing season. Stoughton sits on the Yahara River just southeast of Madison, so the market draws both townspeople and day-trippers exploring the historic downtown.

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Held in the Stoughton Plaza parking lot at 1050 W. Main Street, this market sits on the commercial west side of town rather than the historic core. It gives Dane County farmers and food makers a weekly spot for seasonal vegetables, fruit, and homemade items, with easy parking that suits a quick grocery run. Stoughton, southeast of Madison on the Yahara River, supports more than one market through the summer.

Madison

Madison Sourdough is a from-scratch bakery, cafe, mill, and patisserie on Williamson Street on Madison's near east side — committed to nourishing the community, supporting local food systems, and sharing a love of Wisconsin grains and wild fermentation through the tastiest treats in the city. Open daily for bread, pastry, breakfast, and lunch.

Madison

The Dane Coun­ty Farm­ers’ Mar­ket on the Square is a Sat­ur­day and Wednes­day tra­di­tion in Madi­son, Wis­con­sin. You’ll find the season’s best boun­ty of veg­eta­bles, flow­ers, meats, cheeses, and spe­cial­ty prod­ucts from approx­i­mate­ly 220 ven­dors through­out the year. Over 130 mem­bers attend every Sat­ur­day. All of the items for sale are grown, raised, and pro­duced in Wis­con­sin by the per­son behind the stand. The Largest Producer-Only Farmers' Market in the Country The DCFM is

Madison

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Madison

The Dane Coun­ty Farm­ers’ Mar­ket on the Square is a Sat­ur­day and Wednes­day tra­di­tion in Madi­son, Wis­con­sin. You’ll find the season’s best boun­ty of veg­eta­bles, flow­ers, meats, cheeses, and spe­cial­ty prod­ucts from approx­i­mate­ly 220 ven­dors through­out the year. Over 130 mem­bers attend every Sat­ur­day. All of the items for sale are grown, raised, and pro­duced in Wis­con­sin by the per­son behind the stand.

Columbus

This community market on South Park Street works to get fresh, affordable produce to Madison's south side, a neighborhood the city has long flagged for limited grocery access. Local growers bring vegetables, fruit, and other farm goods through the warm months. It sits along the 2300 block of S. Park Street near the Villager corridor. Days and vendor lineups shift by season.

Pecatonica Valley Farm takes its name from the Pecatonica River valley in southern Wisconsin's Green and Lafayette county farmland. Public details were limited, so its specific products aren't confirmed, though the valley is known for pasture and row-crop farms.

Seasonal farm on State Highway 73 near Marshall in eastern Dane County. The name points to a fall operation, and pumpkins, squash, and autumn produce draw visitors to harvest-season farms across this stretch of southern Wisconsin. Marshall sits in the Maunesha River farmland northeast of Madison.

Madison

The South Madison Farmers' Market runs several days a week across South Park Street sites, including the Madison Labor Temple and the Urban League hub, from spring into late October. Vendors bring fresh and organic produce, flower bouquets, meat, and baked goods. It was built to widen fresh-food access on Madison's south side. The market keeps its own website and active Facebook pages with the weekly schedule.

Waunakee

Madison

DeForest

DeForest's area market runs at Firemen's Park, near Jefferson and Stevenson streets in this Dane County village just north of Madison. Growers from the surrounding farmland bring seasonal produce, eggs, honey, and baked goods once the harvest starts. The park setting makes it a neighborhood gathering point through the warm months rather than a big regional market.

DeForest

The DeForest Farmers' Market runs Tuesday afternoons through the summer season in the Village of DeForest, Wisconsin, alongside village summer series music and movie nights.

Cambridge

The Open Air Market runs along East Main Street in Cambridge, a village on the Dane-Jefferson county line known for its pottery studios and nearby Lake Ripley. Vendors bring produce, flowers, baked goods, and handmade items, mixing farm stalls with the local craft tradition. It is a warm-season market in a small downtown that pulls weekend visitors off the Madison-Milwaukee route.

Madison

Cambridge

Small apiary near Cambridge, on the Dane–Jefferson county line east of Madison. Cambridge sits in rolling farmland and lake country around Lake Ripley, where wildflower and clover forage feed backyard and sideline beekeepers. Apiaries this size bottle raw honey for local customers and farmers markets.

Oregon

Mitchell Vineyard grows grapes on Sunny Ridge Road in Oregon, in the hills south of Madison. Vineyards across southern Wisconsin rely on cold-hardy hybrids such as Marquette, Frontenac, and La Crescent, bred to survive hard winters. The Dane County wine scene has grown steadily around these varieties.

Oregon

Mitchell Vineyard grows grapes on Sunny Ridge Road in Oregon, a village just south of Madison in Dane County. Cold-climate hybrid varieties, the grapes bred to survive Wisconsin winters, are the norm for small vineyards here, with harvest landing in early fall. Contact the vineyard directly about tastings, sales, or u-pick availability.

Waunakee

Fabrita Orchard grows apples on Hogan Road in Waunakee, just north of Madison in Dane County. Orchards ringing the state capital open for fall picking and farm sales, drawing Madison families out for apples, cider, and the autumn season.

Fitchburg

This market gathers at the Agora Pavilion in Fitchburg Center, the mixed-use development along E. Cheryl Parkway just south of Madison. Fitchburg is a fast-growing Dane County suburb, and the covered pavilion gives the market a fixed home through the warm months. Dane County has one of Wisconsin's deepest benches of small produce and organic growers, and area farmers stock the tables across the region's long growing season.

Saturday mornings from spring through fall, the Oregon Farmers Market runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 787 N. Main Street. Tables carry locally grown produce, fresh-baked goods, flowers, Wisconsin cheeses and curds, farm-processed meats, and artisan crafts. It sits in the village of Oregon just south of Madison, an easy stop for Dane County shoppers.

The Conscious Carnivore is a whole-animal butcher shop in Madison that sources meat from local Wisconsin farms. The counter offers fresh cuts and house-ground burger, with the shop breaking down whole animals in-house.

Waterloo

Our Story Anisoptera Acres is a small family farm in Wisconsin. We, Dan and Catherine Kleiber, own and operate the farm as our full-time occupation with the assistance of our two young sons. We bought our farm near Waterloo, Wisconsin in 1996. During our time here, we have made changes in order to raise our crops in a sustainable manner. We use ridge-till to prevent soil erosion and reduce the use of herbicides. Over the years we have raised chickens and pigs for our own table. We became spoiled

Edgerton

Oregon

Carandale Fruit Farm invites families to "pick some sweet memories" at its u-pick and pre-picked strawberry farm on Tipperary Road in Oregon, Wisconsin, minutes south of Madison in the rolling terminal moraine. The Berry-Go-Round shuttles your harvest from field to shade, and the farm's concord grapes, aronia, pears, plums, and uncommon research-plot fruits appear at the Dane County Farmers' Market.

Edgerton

Hermanson Pumpkin Patch grows pumpkins on Highway N near Edgerton, in the Rock County countryside of south-central Wisconsin. The draw is fall pumpkins for carving and pie-making, picked in the field or from the stand. Southern Wisconsin patches usually open late September through Halloween. Confirm this year's hours before you go.

Madison

The Conscious Carnivore, in Madison, Wisconsin, opened in September 2013, is a whole animal butcher shop that provides expertise to help customers be more knowledgeable about what and how they eat. The store on University Avenue was the first retail outlet for Black Earth Meats (Black Earth, Wisconsin), the first humane certified, USDA processor in the area. With the growing demand of Madison-area consumers for grass fed beef and pastured pork, The Conscious Carnivore opened with a mission to ed