Farms Near Fort Atkinson, WI

Fort Atkinson

The Fort Atkinson Farmers Market gathers vendors, live music, and community in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin — now also offering space to local artists all month long alongside its market calendar of events.

Fort HealthCare, the community hospital system in Fort Atkinson, hosts this market at 611 Sherman Avenue East. Pairing a farmers market with a health provider ties fresh local food to the system's wellness work. Fort Atkinson sits in Jefferson County dairy and crop country in southern Wisconsin, so area growers supply seasonal produce through summer and fall. It reads as a smaller community market rather than a large regional draw.

Jefferson

Fort Atkinson

Steffens Cherry Orchard grows cherries on McIntyre Road outside Fort Atkinson, in Jefferson County between Madison and Milwaukee. Southern Wisconsin cherries usually ripen in July. Little is published online, so call ahead for picking dates and whether the fruit is pick-your-own.

Fort Atkinson

Fort Atkinson

Fort Atkinson

Busy Barns Adventure Farm is a seasonal agritourism farm on US Highway 12 outside Fort Atkinson, in Jefferson County. Its fall festival brings a pumpkin patch, corn maze, wagon rides, and farm animals, and the farm turns to snow tubing and winter activities once the weather changes. It draws families from the Madison-to-Milwaukee corridor for weekend outings. Check its site for current season dates, ticket prices, and hours before visiting.

Jefferson

The Jefferson Farmers' Market gathers at 105 S. Center Avenue in downtown Jefferson, the county seat of Jefferson County in southern Wisconsin. Set in dairy and crop country between Madison and Milwaukee, it draws area growers with seasonal produce, eggs, and baked goods through the warm months. It is a small-town downtown market serving Jefferson and the surrounding rural county.

Fort Atkinson

Violet Fields Farm is a CSA on Highway 18 outside Fort Atkinson, in Jefferson County between Madison and Milwaukee. Community-supported farms like it sell seasonal shares of vegetables - greens, roots, tomatoes, and squash - to members who sign up before the growing season. Share details, pickup sites, and sign-up windows for this farm weren't posted online at the time of writing. Reach out directly to ask about membership for the coming season.

Whitewater

The Whitewater Farmers Market was established in 1991 to bring locally grown produce, baked goods, and artisan crafts to the Whitewater area community. ​ This is a producer only market, as such all items sold must be made or produced by the vendor. No rummage, resale, nor commercially made products such as Girl Scout cookies, Pampered Chef, Tupperware, and the like.

Jefferson

Aztalan Fields Garden Center sits on County Road B near Aztalan State Park, site of an ancient Mississippian settlement outside Jefferson. A garden center here supplies bedding plants, perennials, and nursery stock to gardeners across Jefferson County. Spring is the busy stretch, when growers load up for the short but productive southern Wisconsin planting season.

Milton

Johnson Creek

At High Meadow Farm, we grow food for our family, and our community members that is safe to eat, sustainably grown, and is grown in an environment that is healthy and respectful to our employees, volunteers and family members. We value and accept all members of our community and invite them to join to create a relationship with us, the farmers, that provides fresh, clean, certified organic food for them and their families that is grown with respect for the land, the environment, and for future g

Johnson Creek

High Meadow Farm in Johnson Creek, Wisconsin grows certified organic produce and soy-free, pasture-raised eggs — order online from the farm market for fresh Friday or Saturday harvest pickup. Farm-raised lamb, stewing hens, Alaskan wild-caught salmon, and wool fiber art fill out the online store, with weekly availability emails from the farm.

Milton

The winery at 232 South Janesville Street in Milton, listed here as Northleaf Winery, now operates as Rubber Ducky Winery & Country Market in an 1850s warehouse. It pours wines made mostly from California fruit, with selections from Chile, New York, and Wisconsin, and runs a 'Super Flight' that samples every wine. The building also holds restaurants, a market, and live music Friday through Sunday.

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.

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.

Helenville

Milton

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.

Palmyra

Milton

Berry Basket & Greenhouse grows berries and runs a greenhouse on Henke Road in Milton, in Rock County of southern Wisconsin. The mix of nursery and produce points to bedding plants and greenhouse stock in spring, then pick-your-own or fresh berries as the summer crop comes in.

An apple orchard on County Road E near Sullivan in Jefferson County, southeastern Wisconsin. The name points to apples, likely sold fresh with cider in the fall season. No website or contact listing turned up.

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.

Booth Family Farm is a family-run operation in Wisconsin. Public details on its crops and products are limited online, so contact the farm directly to learn what it grows and how to buy.

Turtle Creek Gardens is a Wisconsin vegetable farm that sells its harvest through a CSA farm-share and area farmers markets, with members picking up weekly boxes of seasonal produce across the growing season. Its former website is no longer active, so crops and current pickup sites are best confirmed with the farm directly.

Deerfield

Little Honeyzzz is a small Wisconsin honey producer. The name points to a beekeeping operation selling raw local honey, most likely direct and at area markets. Details beyond the name aren't posted publicly.

Janesville

Hazeltine Strawberries grows pick-your-own strawberries on East Centerway near Janesville, in Rock County in southern Wisconsin. This far south, berries ripen earlier, often by mid-June, and the fields open for a few busy weeks before the heat ends the season. Picking conditions change by the day. Call ahead for ripeness and hours before heading to the patch.

Watertown

This market runs in Riverside Park along the Rock River in Watertown, a mid-sized city between Madison and Milwaukee that straddles the Jefferson-Dodge county line. Area farmers bring seasonal produce, sweet corn, eggs, and baked goods through the summer. Watertown is known for its historic Octagon House and as home of the first U.S. kindergarten, and the riverside park makes the market an easy downtown stop.

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

Watertown

Watertown

Mindemann Farms in Watertown, Wisconsin raises purebred Angus — the highest-marbling breed — in small groups on grain and hay without artificial hormones or antibiotics, alongside 1,900 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, and hay. Freezer beef sells as halves and quarters (dry-aged about two weeks at a state-inspected locker), with lean ground beef available year-round.

Edgerton

The Janesville Farmers Market brings area growers to downtown Janesville, the Rock County seat in southern Wisconsin along the Rock River. The warm-season Saturday market features local produce, meats, eggs, flowers, and baked goods from farms across the region.

ELKHORN

Elkhorn

The Apple Barn Orchard & Winery has farmed the same Elkhorn land since 1848, at W6384 Sugar Creek Road in Walworth County. Visitors pick strawberries, apples, and pumpkins in season, then browse a country store stocked with local honey and Farmer's Daughter jams. The on-site winery pours estate bottles like Apple Barn Blush and mulberry wine, and the bakery turns out strawberry donuts. Store hours run Friday through Sunday, with seasonal changes worth checking ahead.

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.

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.

Eberts Greenhouse Village is a greenhouse and nursery on Fox Road in Ixonia, a Jefferson County community between Watertown and Oconomowoc. Growers like this stock annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, and vegetable plants through spring and summer, with fall mums and pumpkins later on. Call ahead to confirm the season's hours.

Delavan Fresh Market runs at 104 Walworth Avenue in downtown Delavan, a Walworth County town near Lake Delavan and the Lake Geneva resort area. Delavan served as winter quarters for dozens of traveling circuses in the 1800s, and today its market brings local produce, baked goods, and seasonal items to a downtown that fills with summer lake visitors.

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.

Janesville

Saturdays 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. through the growing season, the Rock County Farmers' Market runs at Nature's Touch Garden Center, 5013 Highway 11 West in Janesville. Vendors bring locally grown produce, meats, fresh breads and baked goods, seafood, flowers, and handmade crafts. The garden-center setting west of town gives it easy parking and room to spread out. Its own website and Facebook page post updates.

Clinton

Spirit Hill Farm Pumpkinland runs a seasonal fall operation on State Road 140 in Clinton, in southern Wisconsin's Rock County near the Illinois line. The 'Pumpkinland' name points to pick-your-own pumpkins and autumn farm activities that open through September and October. Hours and what's available follow the harvest season, so it's worth confirming before the drive.

Eagle

Old World Wisconsin is a large open-air living-history museum in Eagle, run by the Wisconsin Historical Society in the Kettle Moraine State Forest. Costumed interpreters work restored 19th-century immigrant farmsteads and a crossroads village, doing blacksmithing, cooking, and heritage-breed animal care as settlers once did. Visitors can join the chores and trades. It recently marked its 50th anniversary and opened a new welcome center.

Janesville

Cottage Grove

Janesville

Skelly\'s Farm Market is open from June-Oct with homegrown strawberries in June, sweet corn, melons, tomatoes, and other summer produce in July-Aug, Skelly\'s Sunflower Experience in late July lasting two weeks, and lots of fall fun including pumpkins, two awesome corn mazes, Choose-Your-Farm-Adventure wagons rides, and more. Plus, during all of our seasons visit our bakery with homemade donuts and more, our huge gift shop selling rustic decor, and our fantastic free playground. Plus, visit our 8 remote roadside stands for produce in July-Aug, and see us at the Saturday Janesville Farmers Market.

Stoughton

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Welcome to Brown Dog Farm. This is the place where Rachel Catlett and Ed Hicks call home and where we work, play and create things with our hands. I am Rachel, you can find me in the STUDIO. I am married to Ed, you can see what hes up to in the WORKSHOP. We make things with our hands inspired by our farm and life here in rural Wisconsin. On our FARM we focus on grass to feed our Shetland and Icelandic sheep for wool and meat, our heritage Chickens and Ducks to produce free range eggs, and hay to

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.

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

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

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.

Cottage Grove

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Stoughton Plaza Stoughton

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.

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.

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.

Doudlah Farms grows certified organic beans, grains, and popcorn near Evansville, Wisconsin, using regenerative and biodynamic practices. The lineup includes black, kidney, navy, pinto, cannellini, and great northern beans plus cornmeal, buckwheat flour, and wheat. Everything is grown and packed in the United States and sold through the farm's online store.