Farms in Half Moon Bay, CA

Half Moon Bay · Agritourism Farm, Pumpkin Patch

Arata's Pumpkin Farm has grown pumpkins on Verde Road in Half Moon Bay since 1932, one of the oldest patches on the San Mateo County coast. Beyond the pumpkin fields, the farm runs a two-acre hay maze, a haunted barn, a petting zoo, and train, pony, and hay rides. It's open daily 9am–6:30pm through most of the season, with later Friday-Saturday hours in October.

Half Moon Bay · Agritourism Farm, Flower Farm

Half Moon Bay Lavender has grown lavender on San Mateo Road in Half Moon Bay, California, since 1995, one of the longest-running lavender farms on the coast. The family grows English, French, Spanish, and hybrid varieties, harvests fields each July, and sells dried lavender year-round alongside handmade bath and body products. Hours run daily, with weekends opening earlier and closing later than weekdays.

Half Moon Bay · Agritourism Farm

Doniga Markegard runs a regenerative cattle operation along Highway 1 south of Half Moon Bay, moving herds of cattle, pigs, sheep, and chickens across pasture the way wild grazing animals once did. The ranch sells grass-fed beef, pastured pork, and lamb through weekend farmers markets and pickup points in Half Moon Bay, Pescadero, and La Honda. No feedlots, no grain finishing — everything eats grass and moves.

Half Moon Bay · Meat Farm, Poultry Farm

Markegard Family Grass-Fed raises certified grass-fed, grass-finished beef and lamb plus pasture-raised chicken and pork across ranchland in San Mateo, Sonoma, and Marin Counties, based in Half Moon Bay. Using holistic planned grazing that mimics the elk herds that once roamed California's grasslands, the pesticide-free ranch was the first in California to earn Audubon's Bird Friendly land certification, and delivers regenerative meats around the Bay Area and at farmers markets.

Half Moon Bay · Farm Stand

Andreotti Family Farms has grown artichokes, beans, broccoli and strawberries on the same Half Moon Bay ground since Dino Andreotti and Julia Benedetti started the operation in 1926. The fourth-generation farm was an early vendor at San Francisco's Alemany farmers market back in 1943, and today runs a fall u-pick sunflower field, corn maze and pumpkin patch along Highway 1. Call 650-867-1565 for seasonal hours.

Half Moon Bay · Farm Stand, Produce Farm

Bob's Vegetable Stand and Pumpkin Farm has sold pumpkins off Highway 1 in Half Moon Bay since 1956, with a no-frills u-pick field, ornamental gourds and baking varieties, wheelbarrows provided and no entry fee. The stand is open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and draws crowds every September and October for pumpkin season. Call 650-726-4567 for current hours.

Half Moon Bay · Farmers Market

Half Moon Bay · Agritourism Farm, Pumpkin Patch

The Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival takes over Main Street every October (the 54th edition runs October 17-18, 2026) with juried art, live music, a parade, and pie-eating and costume contests. It's built around the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off, held a few days earlier at the IDES Grounds, and is put on by the nonprofit Half Moon Bay Beautification Committee.

Half Moon Bay · Agritourism Farm, Pumpkin Patch

Family-owned working farm on Highway 92 above Half Moon Bay, in operation since 1942. October turns it into a full fall outing with pony rides, a train, a petting zoo, hayrides, and even goat yoga, alongside the pumpkin patch itself.

Half Moon Bay · Agritourism Farm, Pumpkin Patch

The marquee event of Half Moon Bay's Art and Pumpkin Festival, where growers haul in giant pumpkins — some pushing past a ton — to be weighed on Main Street in front of a crowd chasing a world record. Organized by the Half Moon Bay Beautification Committee, the weigh-off runs the Monday before the main festival weekend each October on the IDES Grounds.

Half Moon Bay · Agritourism Farm, Pumpkin Patch

4-C's Pumpkin Patch sits on Highway 92 in Half Moon Bay, part of a corridor growers have farmed since the 1930s after two brothers first sold pumpkins to passing motorists. The town now calls itself the pumpkin capital of the coast, and 4-C's is one of several family-run patches along that stretch each October.

Half Moon Bay · CSA Farm, Organic Farm

Half Moon Bay · Agritourism Farm, Produce Farm

Bob's Pumpkin Farm sits on Highway 1 in Half Moon Bay and keeps its patch old-school: haystacks, farm animals, and a hunt for the season's biggest pumpkin rather than a haunted-maze setup. It's one of the original stops on the coast's fall pumpkin route.

Half Moon Bay · Agritourism Farm

Cozzolino's traces back to the floral farm Alex and Sharon Cozzolino started in Half Moon Bay in 1970, and the family now runs several seasonal stands along the Highway 92 corridor selling colored pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn, and cut Christmas trees. The San Mateo Road location is one of a few Cozzolino family stands in town.

Half Moon Bay · Farm Stand

Half Moon Bay · Agritourism Farm, Pumpkin Patch

Half Moon Bay · Agritourism Farm, Pumpkin Patch

G. Berta's Pumpkin Patch farms a stretch of Highway 92 in Half Moon Bay, the same coastal corridor where Bay Area families have picked pumpkins each October since local growers began selling roadside in the 1930s.

Half Moon Bay · Agritourism Farm

Pastorino Farms is a longtime farm stand on Highway 92 in Half Moon Bay, part of the coastal produce corridor between Half Moon Bay and San Mateo known for pumpkins, artichokes, and Brussels sprouts.

Half Moon Bay · Agritourism Farm, Pumpkin Patch

Repetto's Pumpkins is a family pumpkin patch on San Mateo Road in Half Moon Bay, part of the Highway 92 farm corridor that turns into one of the Bay Area's busiest pumpkin stretches every October.

Millbrae

San Mateo · Farmers Market, Produce Farm

The San Mateo Farmers' Market, run by the Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association, is held Saturdays from 9 AM to 1 PM year-round at 1700 W Hillsdale Boulevard, connecting Peninsula shoppers with California farmers and their seasonal harvests.

Burlingame · Farmers Market

Burlingame Fresh Market opens every Sunday from May through December, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., along Park Road at Burlingame Avenue. The Burlingame Chamber of Commerce runs it, and beyond produce and flowers the food stalls lean international, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, and American vendors sit side by side. Live music and a balloon artist round it out for families.

Belmont · Agritourism Farm, Farm Stand

Honey by the Bay keeps hives and sells honey out of Belmont, on the San Francisco Peninsula, closer to a small urban apiary operation than a traditional farm. No working website confirms current products, harvest season, or where to buy.

San Gregorio · Farm Stand

San Mateo · Farmers Market

Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association runs this certified market on 25th Avenue in San Mateo every Tuesday from 3 to 7 p.m., timed for the after-work and after-school crowd. It's one of more than thirty PCFMA markets across the Bay Area, stocked with growers from the Central Valley and coastal farms who sell direct rather than through distributors.

San Mateo · Agritourism Farm, Apiary

The Honeyverse is a honey shop in San Mateo, on the Peninsula between San Francisco and the South Bay.

Pacifica · Farmers Market

San Bruno · Farmers Market

The FruitGuys has shipped fresh fruit boxes to offices nationwide out of San Bruno for more than 25 years, sourcing seasonal fruit and pairing it with wholesome snacks for workplace breaks. The company is women-led and B Corp certified, and it commits at least 20% of annual profit to hunger relief and small-farm support programs. Delivery runs weekly, biweekly, monthly, or one-time depending on the office.

San Mateo · Agritourism Farm, Pumpkin Patch

ABC Tree Farms' San Mateo lot near Fashion Island Boulevard, part of the family company's roughly 15 seasonal sites across the Bay Area since 1983. Pumpkins are pre-picked and sold through Halloween; the company also runs a Summer Fun Zone with inflatables at a separate San Mateo address.

Belmont · Farmers Market

PCFMA's Belmont Farmers' Market runs every Sunday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., year-round at 1201 El Camino Real, near the O'Neill Street intersection. Like the association's other Peninsula markets, stalls sell California-grown produce and accept CalFresh and WIC, with Market Match stretching food-assistance dollars further on fresh fruit and vegetables. Shoppers can check pcfma.org for the current week's vendor roster before heading over.

San Carlos

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