Farms Near Fairbanks, AK

Fairbanks

Co-op Market Grocery & Deli is a community-owned grocery store and deli in Fairbanks, Alaska. As a member-supported cooperative, it serves the Fairbanks area with groceries and prepared deli food while inviting community support and membership.

Fairbanks

Fairbanks Food Hub is a working group building shared food infrastructure for Interior Alaska growers — a planned DEC-certified community kitchen, shared cold storage, and bulk aggregation so small farms can sell to buyers like local school districts. They're also pushing hydroponics and mushroom production to keep local food moving through the winter months.

FAIRBANKS

Southside Community Farmers Market operates on Rickert Street in Fairbanks, serving a part of town that sits apart from the university-area markets most visitors find first. Interior Alaska's compressed growing season means the stand list is heaviest from July into early September.

Fairbanks

Nugget Farms runs a u-pick apple orchard on North Cushman Street in Fairbanks, one of the few operations growing apples at this latitude. Picking windows are seasonal and weather-dependent, so calling ahead before a visit is standard practice here.

Fairbanks

Running Reindeer Ranch leads small walking tours through the boreal forest outside Fairbanks with a herd of reindeer, by appointment only. Owners Doug and Jane, who have a combined 75 years in Fairbanks, also host reindeer-themed yoga sessions, evening music under the midnight sun, and forest weddings — Jane is a certified Alaska marriage commissioner. Founded in 2007.

Fairbanks

Clairs Cultivations offers appointment-only apple picking on the outskirts of Fairbanks, opening for a short window around Labor Day weekend each year. Bookings fill quickly and are managed through their Facebook page rather than a public website.

Fairbanks

Fairbanks

Agriculture in Interior Alaska Since the Gold Rush days, Alaskans have enjoyed fresh produce from local farms. The diversity of products grown in Interior Alaska, also known as Alaska’s Heartland, surprises many out-of-town guests. Crops thrive in our continual growing season. The long hours of daylight (from April to September) encourage bumper harvests. Everything from potatoes and peas to pumpkins and poinsettias grow here. Greenhouses are used to extend the season for warm-weather crops such

Fairbanks

Ann's Greenhouses grows vegetable and flower starts on Sheep Creek Road in Fairbanks, selling them through the spring planting rush. Later in the season the greenhouse shifts to fresh-picked vegetables and raspberries. Open Monday through Saturday 9am to 6pm, Sunday noon to 5pm.

North Pole

Maggie's Farm sits on the banks of the Chena River in North Pole and now focuses on peonies, though it once drew pickers for apples and raspberries too. Current owner Isaiah Kuehne keeps it open daily from noon to 5pm while the peonies are blooming.

Fairbanks

Ester Market shares Old Nenana Highway with the Ester Community Market a few doors down, in the small Fairbanks-area community. No independent schedule or vendor details for this listing turned up in research.

Fairbanks

The Ester Community Market sets up on Old Nenana Highway in Ester, a small unincorporated community just west of Fairbanks known for its volunteer-run gatherings. No confirmed schedule or vendor list for the market turned up in research.

Fairbanks

Ester

Fairbanks

Fairbanks

Tim and Becky Hammond have run White Fireweed Farm on Baseline Road since 2000, raising exhibition-bred livestock and exotic poultry alongside a market garden. The farm spins fiber from its own animals into handmade goods and sells fresh eggs and fly-tying feathers. Guardian dogs protect the animals on what the Hammonds call a predator-friendly operation.

Salcha

The Outdoor Market sets up along the Richardson Highway in Salcha, a small community south of Fairbanks on the road to Delta Junction. It serves a highway corridor with few other local shopping stops.