Produce Farms near O'Fallon, MO

St Charles

Augusta

Saint Louis

Marthasville

Thierbach Orchards & Berry Farm grows a long season of pick-your-own fruit near the Katy Trail in Marthasville, about an hour west of St. Louis. Strawberries come in May; blueberries, cherries, and blackberries in June; peaches through July and August; apples in fall. A farm market, plus a second stand in Washington, sells what's ripe alongside the pick-your-own patches.

Ferguson

EarthDance Organic Farm School in Ferguson, Missouri grows organic food, farmers, and community — a certified organic teaching farm sharing the craft and science of farming through apprenticeships (77% of alumni continue in sustainable agriculture), youth programs, and workshops. Its Pay What You Can farm stand and Ferguson Farmers Market booth put fresh organic produce within everyone's reach.

Washington

Washington

Hunter Ridge Berry Farm grows strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries for picking, with strawberries ready in May and blackberries following in July. Both u-pick and pre-picked options are available. The farm is on Sunny Road, about a 15-minute drive from downtown Washington in Franklin County, west of St. Louis. Berry timing shifts with the weather, so call ahead before making the trip.

St. Louis

Good Life Growing is an urban farming company in north St. Louis using aquaponic, hydroponic, and aeroponic systems to grow quality local food year-round — including microgreens — while promoting sustainable urban renewal and healthy food access. Its GreenCubator facility on Lumiere Boulevard incubates food businesses, hosts tours and events, and anchors a community food hub.

Spanish Lake

St. Louis

Harr Family Farms is a fourth-generation southern Illinois farm in business since 1925, selling at historic Soulard Farmers Market in St. Louis (stand #13-17, northeast wing) on Fridays and Saturdays. The all-natural lineup runs deep: pasture-raised beef, pork, goat, and lamb by the cut or whole, fresh poultry and cage-free eggs, raw honey, homegrown fruits and produce, hickory smoked meats, country butter, jams, and fresh-squeezed juices — even live poultry and livestock.

St. Louis

New Roots Urban Farm is a farming collective on less than a third of an acre straddling two north St. Louis neighborhoods, growing organic produce alongside chickens, bees, a greenhouse, and an outdoor kitchen. The collective works toward block-by-block localized food systems — urban farming and land stewardship as resistance, and a model for what urban communities can accomplish for themselves.