U-Pick Farms near Salem, OR

Salem

Fordyce Farm has been family owned and operated in Salem, Oregon since 1959, now with the fourth generation growing up on the farm — a u-pick and we-pick berry farm with Hood strawberries, blueberries, boysenberries, blackberries, and black currants, plus a fall pumpkin patch and corn maze. The farm store and bakery turn out scones, breads, small-batch ice cream, and famous milkshakes, with CSA shares, farm-to-table breakfasts, and plants propagated on site.

Salem

Four generations of the Fordyce family have farmed this Salem, Oregon berry operation since founder Bob Fordyce started in 1959 — u-pick Hood strawberries, blueberries, Kotata blackberries, boysenberries, and black currants by the pound, weighed at the farm store before you head into the rows. On-site baking, small-batch ice cream, propagated plants, seasonal CSA shares, Very Berry farm-to-table breakfasts, and a fall corn maze keep the farm busy April through Christmas.

Albany

Fitchett's offers u-pick blueberries on Bryant Way SW in Albany, in the mid-Willamette Valley where berry picking runs roughly July through August. The listing confirms u-pick and produce. Varieties, pricing, and daily hours aren't posted online, so check availability by phone before you drive out with buckets in hand.

Dayton

Dayton

Jeff and Jennifer's U-Pick is a small family operation on SE Neck Road outside Dayton, in Yamhill County. The listing marks it as u-pick, so visitors harvest their own during the season, though the specific crops aren't posted online. Neck Road runs through Willamette Valley farmland where berries, vegetables, and orchard fruit are common. Contact the growers directly to learn what's ripe and when they're open.

Aurora

Cora's Crop is a u-pick blueberry farm on Case Road NE in Aurora, about ten minutes off I-5 in the northern Willamette Valley. The patch grows several varieties that ripen from early to late summer, so picking runs for weeks rather than a single window. Rows are open by the pound during blueberry season.

The Carlson Ranch raises pureblood Wagyu cattle on 101 acres of Willamette Valley pasture near Oregon City, built on faith, stewardship, and rotational grazing with full transparency about pasture, feed, harvest, and processor. The ranch's second chapter, The Flower Farm, opens the western side as a community gathering place with music and u-cut mornings among the blooms — Wagyu beef boxes and bulk shares pick up at the ranch.