Organic Farms near Santa Cruz, CA
11 organic farms within about 30 miles of Santa Cruz — Santa Cruz Permaculture, Homeless Garden Project and Yellow Wall Farm, and more. Farms growing with organic and regenerative practices.
Santa Cruz Permaculture
0.9 miSanta Cruz Permaculture farms 26 regenerative organic acres on the Pacific coast 20 minutes north of Santa Cruz — land farmed organically for over 100 years and famous from 1995-2020 as Swanton Berry Farm's strawberry, olallieberry, and kiwi U-Pick. Over 80 crops span five acres of vegetables, flowers, and herbs, two acres of blackberries, and a third-acre of kiwis, sold through U-Pick, farm stand, farmers markets, CSA, and wholesale — all alongside permaculture courses with over 1,000 alumni and ocean views near Año Nuevo.
Homeless Garden Project
1.9 miSanta Cruz
Yellow Wall Farm
6.1 miSanta Cruz
Yellow Wall Farm is a nearly three-acre CCOF-certified organic family farm in a secluded valley along the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz, named for a wall of 8,000 sunflowers planted for a family wedding. Allen and Judy Rose Hasty tend 30-year-old heirloom apple trees plus peaches, Asian pears, persimmons, avocados, and citrus, grow summer vegetables and Slow Food Ark of Taste varieties, and sell to local restaurants, New Leaf Community Foods, and a Saturday farm stand from August through November.
High Ground Organics
13.7 miWatsonville
Clearview Orchards
16.0 miWatsonville
Clearview Orchards grows CCOF-certified organic apples on terraced hillsides overlooking the Watsonville valley, three miles from the ocean. Families come in fall for u-pick apples — Fuji, EverCrisp, and Mutsu among them — or shop the Apple Barn for organic fruit, fresh apple juice, apple turnovers, organic squash, pumpkins, dried lavender, and honey, weekends during the season.
Red Barn Farm Pasture-Raised Poultry
23.2 miSan Jose
Bernal Properties
21.7 miMorgan Hill
Fogline Farm
24.2 miPescadero
Fogline Farm raises organic-fed, pasture-raised broiler chickens on the Año Nuevo peninsula coastline north of Santa Cruz. The fully integrated organic farm in the Santa Cruz Mountains moves its chickens to fresh grass daily.
Veggielution Community Farm
27.4 miSan Jose
Monterey Gold Honey
28.4 miPebble Beach
Blue House Farm
25.7 miPescadero
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many organic farms are near Santa Cruz?
US Farm Trail lists 11 organic farms within about 30 miles of Santa Cruz, California, the closest being Santa Cruz Permaculture in null. Every one sells direct to the public.
Can you visit organic farms near Santa Cruz in person?
Many welcome visitors — through a farm stand, on-farm store, or by appointment. Check each farm's page for hours and how to buy before you drive out.