Organic Farms near Ramona, CA

Escondido

Escondido

Be Wise Ranch has grown certified organic produce in the Santa Fe Valley, eight miles east of San Diego, since 1977 — founder Bill Brammer helped draft the state and federal legislation defining organic standards during his term as CCOF president. The coastal microclimate allows year-round growing of nationally known vine-ripe heirloom tomatoes, strawberries, squash, and greens, sold wholesale and through a CSA delivering weekly boxes to pickup points across San Diego County.

Escondido

Valley Center

Nopalito Farm & Hopyard is a regenerative farm on 15 acres of chaparral foothills in Valley Center, on historic land of the Luiseño Payómkawichum people, stewarded by the Brownwood family since 2015. The certified organic orchards, flower fields, and botanicals share the land with wildlife habitat and cabins bookable through Hipcamp for overnight farm stays.

Escondido

J.R. Organics is a fourth-generation family farm in Escondido, certified organic since 1986 — four decades of growing some of San Diego County's freshest produce. The farm delivers weekly and bi-weekly certified organic CSA farm boxes across the county, sells at more than a dozen farmers markets from Carlsbad to Temecula, and offers online pre-orders, with farm tours by appointment.

Pauma Valley

Fairfield Farms, established in 2003 by Carol and Bill Steed, grows organic blueberries and avocados in Pauma Valley's one-of-a-kind microclimate north of San Diego. The family-run farm runs on-site solar power, its own reservoir, and on-site packing, with blueberries available April through June and avocados February through August in retail stores.

Escondido

San Diego

Windmill Farms Market has been Del Cerro's independent natural food store since 2003, with family roots reaching back to a 1943 fruit stand that grew into Henry's Marketplace and Sprouts. The San Diego market combines daily local organic produce, a natural butcher counter, handmade tortillas and salsas pressed in-house, an artisan bakery and deli, raw milk, local honey, bulk goods, and a full holistic supplements department.

Pauma Valley

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.

Spring Valley

Fred's Urban Farm grows microgreens and salad greens year-round using organic methods — never chemical sprays or fertilizers — right in the urban center of Spring Valley, San Diego. The mother-and-son team of Robin and Kellen run a self-service farm stand on South Barcelona Street stocked with their greens plus all-natural seasonal produce, citrus, and eggs, all grown on-site or locally produced.

Alpine

Escondido

San Diego

San Diego

Garden 31 is a San Diego County nonprofit that trains and mentors at-risk youth and adults — including formerly incarcerated and justice-impacted community members — in regenerative agriculture and life skills. The next generation of farmers grows organic produce for communities with limited access to healthy whole foods, alongside school gardens, rehabilitation, and food equity programs.

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.

National City

Vista

San Diego

TruBeef Organic is a small family-owned online butcher based in San Diego, hand-cutting 100% organic, grass-fed and grass-finished beef and Dorper lamb sourced from certified carbon-neutral regenerative organic family farms. The unaged, low-histamine meat — steaks, ground beef, burgers, organ meats, and ancestral blends — is blast-frozen after cutting and ships throughout the lower 48.