Orchards in California

Aguilar Farms

Modesto, CA

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.

Alhambra Valley Beef and Silver Springs Ranch

Martinez, CA

Alhambra Valley Beef and Pears is a small family ranch in the Alhambra Valley/Briones agricultural preserve near Martinez, formed from two neighboring family ranches joined by marriage in 1941. The ranch raises 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef with no grain, pastured pork on a locally milled feed, chickens, and pears, with a commitment to humane livestock handling.

Burroughs Family Farms

Denair, CA

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.

Calolea Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Marysville, CA

Calolea Olive Oil began in 1999 when Monica and Michael Keller planted their dream on 10 acres in Loma Rica, near Marysville, California. Their handcrafted oil — certified extra virgin by the California Olive Oil Council — comes from hand-picked, 100-year-old Mission and Manzanillo trees plus newer Tuscan plantings, cold-pressed within 24 hours, and has won Best in Show at the Los Angeles International Olive Oil Competition; grass-fed cattle graze and sustain the orchards, and a tasting room sits on 20 acres of historic olives.

Calolea Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Marysville, CA

Since 1999, the Keller family has handcrafted Calolea extra virgin olive oil near Marysville from hand-picked olives — century-old Mission and Manzanillo trees plus Tuscan varieties — custom-milled and cold-pressed within 24 hours. Certified extra virgin by the California Olive Oil Council with acidity of just 0.13%, Calolea took Best in Show at the Los Angeles International Olive Oil Competition and pours its award-winning oils and balsamic vinegars at a tasting room set on 20 acres of historic olives.

Chileno Valley Ranch

Petaluma, CA

Chileno Valley Ranch sits in a spectacular valley in the rolling hills of coastal Marin outside Petaluma, where ranchers Mike and Sally Gale have sold grass-fed beef and lamb direct to families for 17 years. Each fall the ranch opens its orchard for reservation-only u-pick apples, and the property also hosts weddings and volunteer days supporting sustainable agriculture and wildlife habitat.

Clearview Orchards

Watsonville, CA

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.

Dewey Farms

Dewey Farms grows almonds, walnuts, and pistachios on a small family farm in Woodland, California, serving the greater Sacramento area for over 100 years.

Fairfield Farms LLC

Pauma Valley, CA

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.

Frog Hollow Farm

Brentwood, CA

From its orchards in Brentwood, California, Frog Hollow Farm ships certified organic stone fruit prized by chefs — peaches, nectarines, pluots, apricots, and seasonal rarities like mulberries — through fruit clubs, farm box memberships, and pre-orders. A farm kitchen bakes pastries, pies, and galettes and crafts granola, dried fruit, and fruit spreads, with olive oil and honey rounding out the pantry.

Frog Hollow Farm

Brentwood, CA

Frog Hollow Farm in Brentwood, California grows legendary organic stone fruit — peaches, nectarines, plums, pluots, apricots, and more — shipped fresh through farm box memberships, fruit clubs, and gift baskets. The farm kitchen and bakery turn the harvest into pastries, pies, granola, dried fruit, and fruit spreads, alongside estate olive oil and honey.

J&P Cosentino Family Farm

San Jose, CA

J&P Cosentino Family Farm is the last working orchard in San Jose — an urban farm in the old Valley of Heart's Delight, tended by five generations of the Cosentino family since 1945. Nearly 600 trees grow more than thirty varieties of peaches plus heirloom apricots, plums, prunes, nectarines, apples, figs, berries, persimmons, and grapes, all picked fully ripe and sold with farm classes, pop-ups, and events on-site.

Nopalito Farm & Hopyard

Valley Center, CA

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.

Ojai Olive Oil

Ojai, CA

Ojai Olive Oil Co. is an award-winning family olive farm in Ojai, California, known for its estate extra virgin olive oils, flavor-infused oils, balsamic vinegars, and olive oil cosmetics. Visitors can tour the farm and taste the oils on-site, or join the club for regular shipments.

OLaLa Farms

Nevada City, CA

OLaLa Farms is a family-owned farm in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Nevada City, California, devoted to the art of self-healing through the cultivation and wildcrafting of organically grown flowers, herbs, fruits, vegetables, barks, and roots. The farm grows organic apples, chestnuts, pears, persimmons, plums, and watercress.

OLaLa Farms

Nevada City, CA

OLaLa Farms, a family farm in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Nevada City, cultivates and wildcrafts organically grown flowers, herbs, fruits, vegetables, barks, and roots in service of everyday natural wellness. Orchard crops include apples, chestnuts, pears, persimmons, and plums, alongside watercress and herbs.

Oz Farm & Retreat Center

Manchester, CA

Oz Farm is an off-the-grid, solar- and wind-powered organic farm and retreat center on 240 acres in a private valley near Point Arena on the Mendocino coast, with the Garcia River running through it. Certified organic (CCOF) since 1990, the farm grows apples, pears, vegetables, and flowers, offers a June-through-November CSA, runs an 8-month farm apprenticeship, and hosts weddings, retreats, and workshops among its cabins, yurts, and geodesic domes.

Oz Farm & Retreat Center

Manchester, CA

Oz Farm & Retreat Center occupies 240 off-the-grid acres in a redwood-bordered valley near Point Arena, powered entirely by sun and wind, with the Garcia River running through. The farm has grown CCOF-certified organic apples, pears, and vegetables since 1990, runs a summer-to-fall CSA and weekly flower offerings, teaches an 8-month apprenticeship, and hosts weddings and retreats in cabins, yurts, and geodesic domes.

Oz Farm & Retreat Center

Manchester, CA

Hidden in a private valley near Point Arena with the Garcia River running through its 240 acres, Oz Farm has grown CCOF-certified organic apples, pears, and vegetables since 1990. The off-the-grid, solar- and wind-powered farm runs a weekly summer-through-fall CSA, grows flowers for bouquets and buckets, teaches aspiring farmers through an 8-month apprenticeship, and hosts weddings and retreats in its cabins, yurts, and domes among the redwoods.

SAM COBB DATE FARMS: Order Dates Online All Year

Desert Hot Springs, CA

Sam Cobb Farms grows pesticide-free, world-class dates — Medjool, Barhi, and its own Black Gold variety — on family ranches in Desert Hot Springs and Blythe, established in 2002 by lifelong farmer Sam Cobb. Dates ship year-round from the online store, and from mid-October to mid-April visitors can buy on-farm or book a date farm tour in the Palm Springs area.

The Big Red Barn, Murray Family Farms

Di Giorgio, CA

Murray Family Farms at Di Giorgio, east of Bakersfield, pairs its Big Red Barn farm market with seasonal u-pick, the famous Bakersfield Pumpkin Patch, and weekend farm fun. The family grows ripe-picked specialty fruit — from candy grapes and cherries to elderberries and Buddha's hand citron — sold at the farm, at farmers markets across California, and alongside comfort food from the Cal-Okie Orchard Kitchen, home of the Okie Pie.

The Farm Mendocino

Albion, CA

On a coastal apple farm in Albion, The Farm Mendocino invites guests to slow down — stay in a century-old redwood barn, a cedar cabin with outdoor tub, or a dome beneath the redwoods, take a sauna in the orchard, and press apples in season. The farm hosts just four micro-weddings a year plus seasonal gatherings, from cider pressing to a bespoke Christmas barn sale.

The Farm Mendocino

Albion, CA

The Farm Mendocino sits on a coastal apple farm in Albion, where the surf of the Pacific is within earshot and Mendocino village is ten minutes north. Guests stay among the redwoods in a hundred-year-old blue barn, a cedar cabin with private outdoor tub, or a modern dome, while the farm presses its heirloom apples each fall, hosts a handful of intimate weddings a year, and gathers the community for seasonal events.

The Farm Mendocino

Albion, CA

The Farm Mendocino is a coastal apple farm and retreat in Albion, ten minutes from Mendocino, where guests stay in artisan cabins — a century-old redwood barn, a cedar shack, and a geodesic dome — set among redwoods and a heirloom apple orchard. The farm presses its apples into fresh cider each season, hosts four micro-weddings a year, and holds seasonal gatherings including an annual Christmas barn sale.

Woodspur Farms, LLC

Coachella, CA

Oasis Date, based in Coachella, is North America's largest date grower and processor, farming over 5,000 acres and handling roughly a billion organic Medjool dates a year as majority supplier to the Natural Delights brand. Descended from the first Medjool plantings in North America in 1912, the operation runs the world's first Regenerative Organic Certified date farm, pairing modern irrigation and soil-building with commitments to worker fairness.

Yellow Wall Farm

Santa Cruz, CA

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.