Alexandre Kids Eggs

Crescent City, CA

Alexandre Family Farm on California's northernmost coast at Crescent City is America's first certified regenerative, grass-pastured A2/A2 organic dairy, built on the principle that health starts in the soil. The family produces nutrient-dense A2/A2 organic milk, flavored milk, yogurt, and kefir, plus pasture-raised eggs from mobile coops — an operation the Alexandre kids started as an FFA project — all USDA Organic and free of chemicals, hormones, and antibiotics.

A-Z Farm Ranch

Agoura Hills, CA

AZ-Ranch is the Zadeh family's certified organic farm and nursery, built in the Santa Monica Mountains at Agoura Hills in 2000 and rebuilt stronger after losing most of the farm to the 2018 wildfires. The family grows organic figs, microgreens, and seasonal fruits and vegetables, produces raw honey plus duck and chicken eggs, added a second organic farm in Camarillo in 2022, and sells at local farmers markets and grocery stores (the working farm itself isn't open to the public).

Back To Basics

Grass Valley, CA

Back to Basics Farm is a family farm in Grass Valley, in the Sierra foothills, that has raised poultry for its family and neighborhood for 30 years. Run by Katie, an ag-business graduate who took over the farm in 2018, it raises chickens and turkeys on all-natural feeds with no added medications or hormones, and gives back through scholarships for local FFA and 4-H students.

Back To Basics

Grass Valley, CA

For 30 years, Back to Basics Farm has raised poultry in Grass Valley in the Sierra foothills, growing from feeding one family into a neighborhood business run by Katie — a Chico State agriculture business graduate and Nevada County Farm Bureau board member — and Justin. Chickens and turkeys are raised on all-natural feeds without added medications or hormones, and the farm funds scholarships for graduating FFA students at Nevada Union and Bear River each year.

Brite Creek Farms

Tehachapi, CA

Brite Creek Farm is the Shipman family's farm in Tehachapi, California, born twenty years ago from a health-driven rethink of food and farming. The farm raises 100% grass-fed, dry-aged beef, pastured chicken, turkey, and eggs, and grows vegetables, flowers, and fruit without pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers — sold from the on-farm store (open Wednesday through Saturday) and delivered direct to doors across Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada, including bulk whole, half, and quarter beef.

Da Le Ranch

Lake Elsinore, CA

Da-Le Ranch is a small, family-operated ranch on over 100 scenic acres in the hills of Lake Elsinore, in Southern California's Inland Empire. The ranch specializes in farm-fresh, grass-fed meats and free-range eggs raised ethically without hormones, steroids, or antibiotics, with pre-orders and a showroom on Mesa Rim Road in San Diego.

DeJong's Dairy

Wildomar, CA

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.

Eben-Haezer Poultry Ranch

Ramona, CA

Eben-Haezer Egg Ranch in Ramona has been family owned and operated since 1957, supplying San Diego kitchens with farm-fresh eggs for generations. The ranch's eggs are sold at the Happy Hens general store (weekdays, with a drive-thru) and at the Poway Farmers Market on Saturdays, with wholesale available by contact.

Fluegge Egg Ranch - Crown Hill Lane

Escondido, CA

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.

Fred's Urban Farm- Microgreens

Spring Valley, CA

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.

Jones Family Farm & Ranch

Jones Family Farm & Ranch is a small family operation on Stone Jug Road in Sutter Creek, Amador County, California, raising pork, free-range chicken, eggs, and livestock with a commitment to giving every animal the best possible life. The ranch promotes sustainable, humane farming and sells farm-fresh eggs, poultry, and pork through its online store with harvest waitlists.

Rancho de los Proyectos Farm

Rancho de los Proyectos — "Ranch of Projects" — is Erik, Becky, Darwin, and Gabriela's small organic family farm in the Inland Empire of northern Riverside County, California, where a homeschooling family of scientists, artists, and educators always has a new homesteading project going. Weekly farm share bags of organic produce, around 40 laying hens, sheep for wool and meat, a guard alpaca, and homegrown cotton and dye plants for fiber arts round out the carbon-neutral operation, with Saturday markets at Running Springs and Redlands' Grove School.

Rockney Farms

Camino, CA

Rockney Farms is a family farm in Camino, California, in El Dorado County's Apple Hill country, selling fresh produce, cut flowers, and eggs directly to the community.

Salmon Creek Ranch

Bodega, CA

Salmon Creek Ranch in Bodega, in Sonoma County, produces naturally raised meat on natural pasture and forest: grass-fed beef, Kiko goat meat, holiday geese, and organic duck eggs. The ranch also breeds Kiko goats, working Anatolian Shepherds, and Salukis, offers a treehouse farm stay, and sells on-farm, at farmers markets, and by nationwide shipping.

Shakefork Community Farm

Carlotta, CA

Shakefork Community Farm in Carlotta, in the heart of Humboldt County, regeneratively grows produce, meat, and eggs — with oxen power and pasture-raised livestock at the center of the operation. The farm sells through CSA memberships, wholesale via the Harvest Hub, the year-round Saturday Arcata Plaza Farmers Market, and the seasonal Fortuna Farmers Market.

Three Sons Farm

Ramona, CA

Three Sons Farm in Ramona raises pasture-raised chickens and eggs, grass-fed and grass-finished beef, and heritage pork — all animals raised on the farm itself, never bought in for resale. The farm delivers to most of San Diego County on Fridays with a $40 minimum, offers on-farm pickup by appointment, and sells at the Cardiff and Leucadia farmers markets.