Farms in Delano, MN

Delano · Agritourism Farm

Brian Fredericksen founded Ames Farm in 1994 and now tends roughly 450 hives across 20 bee yards in central Minnesota. The honey is raw, unheated, and single-source — separate batches of basswood, buckwheat, and wildflower rather than one blended jar — plus honeycomb, creamed honey, and beeswax candles. Ames Farm's basswood honey has won multiple blue ribbons at the Minnesota State Fair.

Delano · Agritourism Farm, Orchard

Apple Jack Orchards has drawn Twin Cities families to the banks of the Crow River in Delano for more than 30 years, across 90 acres of apples, u-pick raspberries, pumpkins, and squash. A 100-year-old barn houses the Olde Barn Gift Shop and bakery, selling jams, sauces, and fresh baked goods alongside wagon rides and fall entertainment.

Delano · Farmers Market

Delano Farmers' Market has run since 2002, meeting Wednesdays, 2 to 6 p.m., May through October, in the Flippin' Bills lot at the corner of Highway 12 and County Line Road. Vendors sell baked pies, fresh bread, honey, maple syrup, jams, farm eggs, salsa, perennials, cut flowers, and farm-raised beef and chicken, timed for the after-work commute crowd. Call 763-238-2702 for current details.

Delano · Agritourism Farm

Delano · CSA Farm

Rockford · Farmers Market

Rockford's market runs on Main Street in this small Wright County town on the Crow River, west of the Twin Cities. No independent listing confirms current hours or vendors.

Maple Plain · Agritourism Farm, Orchard

Homestead Orchard, now operating as Moondance Orchard, is the oldest and largest apple orchard in Hennepin County, on County Road 92 north of Maple Plain. The small, family-run place opens in August for pick-your-own and pre-picked apples and presses its own cider. Older directory listings still carry the Homestead name, but the current Facebook page runs under Moondance. Call (763) 479-3186 to check picking before visiting.

Minnetrista · Agritourism Farm, Orchard

An apple orchard on rolling land in Minnetrista, started by Lowell and Phyllis Schaper in the mid-1970s and grown to roughly 12 acres of trees on a 40-acre property. Fall weekends bring school tours, a general store, and stands selling brats, donuts and cider pressed from the orchard's own apples for sister label Painter Creek Winery. The operation has since rebranded as Everly Farms, adding a restaurant and tasting room. Phone (763) 325-4024.

Buffalo · Agritourism Farm

Delights is a seasonal market set inside a converted barn a few miles from downtown Buffalo. The owners open for three or four weekends each spring and fall, filling the open barn space with handcrafted goods, vintage furniture, home decor, and food. Pumpkins join the mix in autumn. It reads more as a barn-boutique event than a working produce farm.

Independence · Agritourism Farm, Produce Farm

Jim's Produce sells fresh vegetables from a stand in Independence, in the western Hennepin County farm country, and is best known locally for sweet corn. Tomatoes, squash, and other summer crops fill out the stand as they ripen. On-farm pickup runs through the growing season. A roadside produce operation, not an agritourism destination.

Watertown · Agritourism Farm, Orchard

LuceLine Orchard on Rose Avenue in Watertown grows about 10,000 apple trees, 10 acres of pumpkins, and 4,500 grapevines. The family started in 2004 with 300 apple trees. Varieties include Honeycrisp, Zestar, SweeTango, Sweet 16, and Fireside, harvested September into mid-October. Weekends bring full service: hayrides, a corn maze, mini donuts, a petting zoo, and a beer garden pouring the orchard's own cider, wine, and beer.

Greenfield · Agritourism Farm, Orchard

Knapton's grows five acres of summer red and yellow raspberries, an acre of fall raspberries, pick-your-own apples, and a large pumpkin patch at the corner of Highway 55 and Lake Sarah Heights Drive in Greenfield. The farm also raises cherries, pears, sweet corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, and winter squash. It runs from late June through November, about 20 miles west of Minneapolis in western Hennepin County.

Watertown · Agritourism Farm, Pumpkin Patch

Dimler Pumpkin Patch lets you cut your own pumpkin straight off the vine at the corner of State Highway 7 and Carver County Road 10 near Watertown. Pick-your-own runs about $4 a pumpkin, or three for $11, any size or shape; pre-picked pumpkins sell by the pound. The stand also carries gourds, cornstalks, and mini-pumpkins. There are no fixed hours, so plan on daylight, roughly sunup to sundown.

Minnetrista · CSA Farm, Meat Farm

Buffalo · Agritourism Farm, Meat Farm

A meat farm outside Buffalo in Wright County, west of the Twin Cities. The name points to Angus cattle, the black-hided beef breed common across central Minnesota, though little about the operation is published online. Direct-from-farm beef sales are typical for a farm of this type in the area.

Buffalo · Farmers Market

Buffalo Farmers' Market runs Saturdays, 8 a.m. to noon, May through October, pulling shoppers from Maple Lake, Monticello, St. Michael, Hanover, Rockford, and Delano as well as Buffalo itself. Vendors sell fresh produce, meat, bread, plants, soap, and barbecue sauce. Find the current lot location and vendor list at buffalofarmersmarket.com.

Buffalo · Farmers Market

Buffalo's winter market moves indoors to the Community Center on Central Ave, running select Saturdays from November through March, 8 a.m. to noon. It's a smaller lineup than summer — mostly meat, baked goods, jams, and eggs — but it keeps regional growers connected to buyers through the months nothing's in the ground. Check buffalofarmersmarket.com for exact dates.