Farms Near Escondido, CA

Escondido

J.R. Organics is a fourth-generation family farm in Escondido, certified organic since 1986 — four decades of growing some of San Diego County's freshest produce. The farm delivers weekly and bi-weekly certified organic CSA farm boxes across the county, sells at more than a dozen farmers markets from Carlsbad to Temecula, and offers online pre-orders, with farm tours by appointment.

Escondido

Fluegge Egg Ranch has produced eggs in North San Diego County for 70 years, founded in 1956 by Walter and Lucy Fluegge and now spanning four generations of the family. The ranch supplies Southern California stores and restaurants and runs a farm stand at the corner of its Valley Center property on North Lake Wohlford Road, open Tuesday through Sunday with cartons, flats, and checks straight from the farm.

Escondido

Escondido

Be Wise Ranch has grown certified organic produce in the Santa Fe Valley, eight miles east of San Diego, since 1977 — founder Bill Brammer helped draft the state and federal legislation defining organic standards during his term as CCOF president. The coastal microclimate allows year-round growing of nationally known vine-ripe heirloom tomatoes, strawberries, squash, and greens, sold wholesale and through a CSA delivering weekly boxes to pickup points across San Diego County.

Escondido

George Hillebrecht bought his first parcel of the ranch in Escondido in 1924, and continued to buy adjoining parcels as he could afford them, until he had 150 acres. His parents were citrus farmers from Orange County, and he chose this area because the land was affordable and they had a promising source of local water. George planted valencia oranges and lemons from his own nursery, and later planted fuerte avocados. He retired in the mid 50’s and his son Ben, Laura’s father, continued planting

Escondido

Escondido

Escondido

Escondido

Escondido

Escondido

Escondido

Escondido

San Diego

San Marcos

Golden Door Country Store in San Marcos shares the harvest of Golden Door's bio-intensive kitchen garden and groves — seasonal organic produce from citrus and strawberries to heirloom tomatoes and greens, grown without pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. The store, open Tuesday through Sunday, also carries preserves, marmalades, estate honey, olive oil, and a rotating schedule of freshly baked breads from local bakers.

San Diego

San Marcos

Escondido

San Diego

Valley Center

Valley Center

Years before the Stehly Family began farming in Valley Center, the roots of Stehly Farms stretch back to the agriculture days of Orange County, CA. Nicholas J Stehly founded the original farm in the 1920′s, and was later acquired by Jerome Stehly Sr. where he continued farming. As the population in Orange County grew, farm land got thinner and the Stehly Family felt the pressure and knew it was time to get back to open land. In 1964, Jerome Sr. moved the farm to where it sits now in Valley Cente

Valley Center

Nopalito Farm & Hopyard is a regenerative farm on 15 acres of chaparral foothills in Valley Center, on historic land of the Luiseño Payómkawichum people, stewarded by the Brownwood family since 2015. The certified organic orchards, flower fields, and botanicals share the land with wildlife habitat and cabins bookable through Hipcamp for overnight farm stays.

Garden 31 is a San Diego County nonprofit that trains and mentors at-risk youth and adults — including formerly incarcerated and justice-impacted community members — in regenerative agriculture and life skills. The next generation of farmers grows organic produce for communities with limited access to healthy whole foods, alongside school gardens, rehabilitation, and food equity programs.

Escondido

Escondido

Valley Center

Valley Center

Vista

Sand n' Straw Community Farm is a family-owned regenerative farm on six acres in Vista, California, growing dozens of pesticide-free crops — from avocados, dragon fruit, and citrus to tomatoes, squash, and berries — using organic, permaculture, and soil-building practices. The farm stand opens Wednesday and Saturday with produce, small-batch jams, raw honey, sourdough, and teas, and a $35 weekly CSA farm box comes with recipes, quarterly farm tours, and member discounts.

Pauma Valley

Poway

Vista

Carlsbad

The Wise Ox's La Costa location on El Camino Real brings Chef Brad Wise's chef-driven butcher shop to North County San Diego. Expect hand-cut meats from serious butchers, a seven-sandwich menu that includes a much-loved Philly cheesesteak and smoked bologna, and the Ox Box monthly meat subscription curated by the chef.

Pauma Valley

San Diego

Rancho Santa Fe

Ramona

Encinitas

Encinitas

Coastal Roots Farm is a nonprofit community farm in Encinitas that cultivates healthy, connected communities by integrating sustainable agriculture, food justice, and ancient Jewish wisdom. The farm donates fresh produce to families in need and offers farm tours, field trips, nature play, volunteering, internships, and a farm film and music series.

Pauma Valley

Fairfield Farms, established in 2003 by Carol and Bill Steed, grows organic blueberries and avocados in Pauma Valley's one-of-a-kind microclimate north of San Diego. The family-run farm runs on-site solar power, its own reservoir, and on-site packing, with blueberries available April through June and avocados February through August in retail stores.

California

PAUMA VALLEY

Encinitas

Ramona

Encinitas