Farm Stands near Oceanside, CA

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.

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.

Fallbrook

De Luz

Fallbrook

Escondido

Escondido

Escondido

Farm Stand West sells produce from a stand on Miller Ave in Escondido, in the North County San Diego growing region known for citrus, avocados, and small produce operations.

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

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

Pauma Valley

Pauma Valley

Murrieta

Valley Center

Bates Nut Farm is a family nut farm and store in Valley Center, California, on the 100-acre ranch Gilbert and Beatrice Bates bought in 1921. Nuts are roasted and packaged on site, and the store also sells homemade fudge, candy, chocolate and dried fruit, with online orders through its shop. The free Farm Zoo, with alpacas, goats, sheep and a mini-donkey, is open daily 9am to 5pm. The pumpkin patch, running since 1963, opens each September through October 31 with tractor hayrides, a straw maze and pony rides.

PAUMA VALLEY

Wildomar

DeJong's Dairy in Wildomar bills itself as the Inland Empire's friendliest dairy — a family-owned and operated farm famous for its chocolate milk. The on-site neighborhood market sells milk, local farm eggs, local honey, ice cream, and candy plus a full range of animal feed, pet food, hay, and straw, and the dairy books tours in the fall.

San Juan Capistrano

Ramona

Ramona