Farms Near Turlock, CA

Turlock

Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., March through mid-December — a nonprofit market in Turlock run entirely by a volunteer board of directors. Vendors set up along the market's downtown route, a long season by Central Valley market standards, stretching well past the typical spring-to-fall run most markets keep.

Turlock

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Turlock

Mariposa Ranch is an agritourism stop in Turlock, in Stanislaus County's Central Valley dairy and row-crop belt between Modesto and Merced.

Mariposa Ranch has raised grass-fed, grass-finished beef in California since 2006, family-run since founders Seth and Mica Nitschke started the operation. They sell steaks, roasts, ground beef, organ meats, and whole/half/quarter cow shares, with free shipping across California, Arizona, and Nevada.

Turlock

Turlock

Turlock

Macedo's Mini Acre is a ten-acre alpaca and llama ranch run by full-time ranchers Larry and Maureen Macedo, raising fiber animals for over 20 years in the San Joaquin Valley north of Modesto. The farm mills its own yarn, rugs, hats, and dryer balls on-site and welcomes visitors for tours, birthday parties, school groups, and photo shoots among the herd.

Hilmar

Hilmar Cheese Company's visitor center sits next to a plant that turns out more than a million pounds of cheese a day from roughly 200 dairy trucks of milk. Free tours walk visitors past the production line, including the packaging of 640-pound cheese blocks, and end with complimentary tastings and a gift shop stop. The on-site deli-cafe serves cheese chowder and sandwiches, and the center runs school field trips and hands-on ice cream-making sessions for groups.

Denair

Burroughs Family Farms in Denair, California is a family farming operation producing regenerative organic foods, including certified regenerative organic olive oil sold through its online farm store and shipped nationwide.

Ceres

Ceres Farmers' Market sets up at Ceres-Whitmore Park, on 3rd and North streets in this Stanislaus County city. Vendors bring vegetables, fruit, local specialty foods, and crafts. Some listings put the season at June and July on Tuesday evenings, though that schedule may have changed, call ahead to confirm before visiting.

Hilmar

Anderson Almonds is a certified-organic almond grower in Hilmar selling farm-direct, unpasteurized raw almonds in 5, 10 and 25-pound bags. The family has farmed organically for more than 40 years, irrigating with Sierra Nevada snowmelt and skipping synthetic chemicals. The farm is a CCOF-certified member and has recently paused online ordering between harvests.

Waterford

Modesto

VanderHelm Farms is a family-run u-pick operation in Modesto growing 15 varieties of blueberries, 8 of cherries, and a dozen peach varieties, alongside strawberries, nectarines, and apricots from April through August. Their StreetCar Fruit Stand sells pre-picked produce Monday-Friday, 8am-6pm, and the farm hosts field trips and seasonal hiring.

Waterford

Modesto

Dutch Hollow Farms sits on Milnes Road outside Modesto, in Stanislaus County's Central Valley almond and dairy belt, one of the most productive agricultural counties in the country. No confirmed details on what Dutch Hollow Farms specifically grows, raises, or sells.

Riverdance Farms grows certified organic blueberries, cherries, apricots, blackberries, elderberries, apples, persimmons, pomegranates, almonds, and walnuts on family land in Livingston, California. The farm gate sits about a half mile northeast of its Livingston-Cressey Road address, and the farm is known locally for hosting its annual Riverdance Farms Festival.

Riverdance Farms is a certified organic farm along the Merced River in Livingston, growing fruit, nuts and vegetables. Customers order through the farm's online store for pickup or get local delivery to Merced, Atwater, Turlock, Modesto and Mariposa. The farm also hosts seasonal Pick and Gather days, school field trips and riverside camping.

Modesto

The Modesto Certified Farmers' Market has been servicing Stanislaus County with fresh produce and locally made goods for over 45 years. We pride ourselves ingiving back to our community by offering free community outreach, kids activites, special holiday events and more throughout the year.

Modesto

Modesto

Aguilar Farms brings over 70 years of farming experience to its orchards near Modesto, California. The family operation grows apricots, cherries, peaches, nectarines, and many other stone fruit varieties, with farming methods focused on drawing the fullest flavor from every harvest.

Livingston

Toms Poms grows pomegranates — "poms" is Central Valley shorthand for the fruit — on Arena Way outside Livingston, in Merced County farm country better known for almonds and sweet potatoes. No public website or hours are listed online yet.

Modesto

Freddy's Farm is the kids' zone inside FUNWORKS, the family entertainment center on Coffee Road in Modesto that also runs go-karts, mini golf, and an arcade. No verified specifics on the farm area's current activities, age range, or hours turned up online this session.

Riverbank

Riverbank, in Stanislaus County, hosts an annual Cheese and Wine Festival every October that draws visitors from across the Central Valley. This certified market runs on Santa Fe Street in the small town, a direct-sale stop for growers from the surrounding dairy and produce farms.

Newman

Oakdale

Wellspring Charitable Gardens runs a community-supported agriculture program out of Oakdale, in the almond and dairy country of eastern Stanislaus County. No hours, crop list, or share pricing are published online for this listing. Farmers or members with current details are welcome to update the record directly.

Oakdale

Oakdale Morning Market, as it's officially named, is a newer addition to downtown — Saturdays, 8 to 11am, May through September, on North 3rd Avenue. It launched to give local growers and small businesses a direct line to Oakdale shoppers, rotating vendors and artisans weekly rather than running a fixed lineup. It's seasonal and summer-only, so it disappears once fall hits.

Winton

Located in Winton, CA, Arnold Farms is a family owned farm that was established in 1909. Current partners are father/son duo, William “Bill” Arnold (3rd generation farmer) and Craig Arnold (4th generation farmer). Bill previously farmed the ranch with his brother, Glenn, who passed away in 2019. Craig was born and raised on the farm and has stepped up as partner alongside his dad. Together they are a truly dynamic duo. They are active in the Atwater, Winton and Merced communities and are excited

Atwater

Winton

Oakdale

Gustine

Run by the Gustine Recreation Department at Henry Miller Park, 3rd Avenue and 6th Street, in this small San Joaquin Valley farm town named for 19th-century cattle rancher Henry Miller. Offers local produce and handcrafted goods; check the city's Parks and Recreation department for the current seasonal schedule, since listed hours vary by source.

Patterson

Sunblest Valley Farmers' Markets runs seasonally, spring through fall, in a parking lot on West Las Palmas Avenue in Patterson, with ties to the Sunblest Orchards operation nearby. Vendors sell produce and local goods, and the market accepts SNAP/EBT for shoppers using food assistance benefits.

Modesto

Gustine

Contented Acres Produce grows chemical-free vegetables outside Gustine, selling freshly picked items from a Lucerne Avenue stand on Sunday and Thursday mornings, 9 a.m. to noon. The CSA farm builds its growing practices around soil health and biodiversity rather than spraying. Reach the farm at 209-535-0484 or [email protected].

Modesto

Ott Farms sits in the Central Valley farmland outside Modesto, in Stanislaus County's almond and walnut belt. Details on what's grown or sold here aren't publicly listed, so visitors should confirm hours before making the drive.

Atwater

Patterson

Fantozzi Farms runs a corn maze and pumpkin patch in Patterson, in the Central Valley farm belt between Modesto and Gustine. Like most valley patches, the season is brief, mainly weekends through October.

Patterson

Fantozzi Farms has worked land in Patterson for more than four decades, selling fresh apricots from a summer fruit stand on Walnut Avenue and running a fall corn maze, pumpkin patch, and haunted maze at its Sperry Avenue property. The farm also hosts school field trips and a scarecrow contest each October.

Atwater

Valenta Farms is on Bert Crane Road in Atwater, Merced County, in the San Joaquin Valley's dairy and almond belt. Atwater sits between Merced and Turlock in farmland shaped by irrigation canals off the Merced River.

May Flowers, doing business as American Rooted Flower Farm, grows organic seasonal cut flowers on 2.5 acres near Oakdale using sustainable, no-spray practices. The woman- and veteran-owned operation runs u-pick flower sessions and a bouquet bar where visitors design their own arrangements, plus custom florals for weddings and events.

Atwater

Hunter Farms Pumpkin Patch runs each fall in Atwater, amid Merced County's Central Valley farm belt. No hours, activities, or pricing are published online for this listing; call ahead before visiting.

Ripon

Ripon calls itself the Almond Capital of the World, its economy built largely on almond production in the San Joaquin Valley. This certified market runs at Mavis Stouffer Park on Stouffer Street in town, drawing growers from the almond orchards and row-crop farms that surround it.

Ripon

Double Dutch Farms operates in Ripon, a San Joaquin County farm town known for its almond orchards, walnuts, and dairies along the Stanislaus River bottomland. No working website confirms which crops this specific farm grows or sells direct.

K Arrow Ranch raises 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef with no antibiotics or added hormones, selling quarter, half, and whole-beef orders with custom cuts from its Oakdale property at 5131 Dodds Road. The ranch splits grazing between winter range in the Jamestown foothills and certified-organic irrigated summer pasture near Oakdale.

Ripon Farmers Market operates in the San Joaquin County city that calls itself the self-proclaimed "Almond Capital of the World," home to the annual Ripon Almond Blossom Festival. Specific market days, vendor lineup, and hours aren't confirmed online.

Ripon

BAKED. In Amador is a craft bakery dedicated to sourdough bread and fresh baked goods, supporting local farmers and building community through quality baking.

Ripon

Ripon

Ripon

Jessop Farms is a family farm outside Ripon, in San Joaquin County's almond and walnut country along the Highway 99 corridor. The farm keeps a Facebook page under its name, but current crops, hours, and other contact details aren't posted publicly online.

Ripon

Harris Orchards is on North Ripon Road in Ripon, a San Joaquin County town that calls itself the almond capital of the world and grows orchard crops throughout its surrounding farmland. No further confirmed details on Harris Orchards' specific varieties or u-pick access.

Ripon

Merced

Merced Original County Farmers' Market sets up at the corner of 19th and N Streets in downtown Merced, in the San Joaquin Valley farm belt. As one of the county's longer-running markets, it connects Central Valley growers directly with Merced shoppers.

Merced

Happy Organics runs a 10-acre farm on Merced's southside, where 34 hives pollinate rows of lavender, rosemary, citrus, and fig trees planted by three generations of beekeepers. Founder Jessica Gonzalez traces the craft to her grandfather's apiaries in Michoacán, Mexico, and turned it into beeswax candles poured into molds of real fruits and vegetables. The farm also produces raw honey and dried herbs sold online and through her Los Angeles studio.

Manteca

Merced

Merced Fruit Barn is a family-owned roadside market on Highway 140, the main route into Yosemite from Merced, selling local produce, dried fruit and nuts, ice cream, and deli sandwiches. The property also keeps barnyard animals and exotic birds for visitors to walk through, plus picnic tables for anyone stopping mid-drive. It functions as much as a rest stop for park-bound travelers as it does a farm market for locals.