Our North County
The farms and growers we love
Tradewinds Ranch sits near the center of some of the most important farmland left in Southern California, surrounded by the growers, stewards, and families who keep this corner of North County rooted in agriculture. These are the farms, nonprofits, and suppliers we know, trust, and send people to.
From Oceanside and Bonsall to Fallbrook, Vista, Carlsbad, and Encinitas.
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The Agrarian Institute
BonsallNonprofit farmA nonprofit education farm restoring long-neglected land and growing organic food for neighbors facing food insecurity. Classes, volunteer days, and their Giving Tree project put stewardship into practice.
What they offer: Regenerative education, food relief, volunteer days, tree sponsorships.
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Bonsall Berry Farm
BonsallU-pick farmA regenerative family farm built around organically grown blueberries and hands-on days in the field. U-pick berries, farm tours, garden classes, and pasture animals the kids can meet.
What they offer: U-pick blueberries, farm tours, garden classes, family events.
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Coastal Roots Farm
EncinitasNonprofit farmA nonprofit community farm that grows food and gives much of it away, weaving together sustainable agriculture, food justice, and ancient Jewish wisdom. A farm stand, U-pick, festivals, and volunteer days welcome everyone.
What they offer: Community farm, food distribution, farm stand, events, volunteering.
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Cyclops Farms
FallbrookCertified organic farmA family-run farm that grew from Oceanside roots to its own land in Fallbrook, certified organic by CCOF. The Girlings raise cut flowers, strawberries, and mixed vegetables on about four acres.
What they offer: Certified organic cut flowers, strawberries, and mixed vegetables, plus a farm stand.
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Dickinson Family Farms
FallbrookOrganic fruit & honeyA Fallbrook family farm growing organic avocados, citrus, and specialty fruit, from Reed and Hass avocados to blood oranges, finger limes, passion fruit, and dragon fruit. Order a curated or farmer’s-choice box online, add their wildflower and avocado honey or avocado oil, and pick up at the farm.
What they offer: Organic avocados, citrus, specialty fruit, honey, avocado oil.
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Eli’s Farms
FallbrookFarm stand & CSAA Fallbrook family farm growing all-natural, no-spray, non-GMO produce for more than twenty years, from tomatoes and strawberries to greens and stone fruit. Shop the farm stand on Fridays and Saturdays, sign up for a CSA box, or find them at four weekly farmers markets.
What they offer: Farm stand, CSA boxes, farmers markets, seasonal produce.
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Fox Point Farms
EncinitasRegenerative agrihoodA regenerative agrihood where a working farm meets a table. Organic fields, the Haven Farm + Table restaurant, a harvest market, on-site brewing and roasting, and a steady calendar of community events.
What they offer: Regenerative farm, farm-to-table dining, market, events, workshops.
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Gathered Oak Farm
FallbrookFarm schoolA nature-based farm school on a Fallbrook oak grove, where kindergarten through eighth graders learn hands-on among the garden, the barn classroom, and the animals. Built on teaching that cultivates wonder and a love for what is good, true, and beautiful.
What they offer: Farm-based education, K through 8 programs, nature school.
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Why we made this
Farming is hard, and it can feel lonely. We believe there are more than enough people who want to support good, local, regenerative work. They just need help finding it.
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Grangetto’s Farm & Garden Supply
Escondido, Encinitas & FallbrookFarm & garden supplyNorth County’s independent farm and garden store since 1952, and where a lot of us actually shop. Soil, seed, irrigation, organic amendments, poultry and animal supplies, and staff who answer real questions instead of pointing at an aisle.
What they offer: Soil, seed, irrigation, organic amendments, animal supplies, expert help.
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J.R. Organics
EscondidoCertified organic CSAA four-generation Escondido family farm, certified organic since 1986. Customizable weekly and bi-weekly CSA boxes, plus a stand at more than fifteen farmers markets across the region. Imperfectly beautiful, fresher-than-store-bought produce.
What they offer: Customizable organic CSA boxes, 15+ farmers markets.
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Krissy Grows
FallbrookFlower farm & classesA small-scale flower grower making cut-flower gardening approachable for beginners. Organically grown plant starts and seeds, a grow-your-own-bouquet box, workshops, and an annual seed swap.
What they offer: Flower plants and seeds, bouquet kits, workshops, seed swaps.
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Maddock Ranch Nursery
FallbrookFruit tree nurseryA Fallbrook nursery carrying on the family farming tradition since 1946, specializing in avocado trees and a wide range of fruit trees that thrive in Southern California. Growers plan their year around Maddock’s bare-root fruit tree selection every January.
What they offer: Avocado and fruit trees, citrus, blueberries, January bare-root.
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Mellano & Company
Oceanside & CarlsbadCut-flower growerA California flower-growing family, farming since 1925 and now one of the largest cut-flower growers in the country. Their fields fill the San Luis Rey Valley, and they are the growers behind the ranunculus at Carlsbad’s famous Flower Fields. Certified American Grown, supplying florists and event designers.
What they offer: California-grown cut flowers, foliage, and greens (wholesale).
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Mellano Farm Stand
OceansideFarm stand & flowersA family-owned flower and produce stand on North River Road, just up the valley from us. Rows of U-pick strawberries and sunflowers, weekend tractor rides, a fall pumpkin patch with a corn maze, and Bounty Boxes of whatever the farm is picking that week.
What they offer: U-pick, farm stand, tractor rides, pumpkin patch, kids’ farm camps.
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Mraz Family Farms
OceansideRegenerative farmAn organic, regenerative family farm in Oceanside with around a thousand avocado trees, plus passion fruit and estate-grown coffee. Rooted in a simple creed, organic, fair, and kind, and active in protecting local farmland.
What they offer: Avocados, passion fruit, estate coffee, online store.
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Oceanside Dragon Fruit
FallbrookDragon fruit farmA Fallbrook farm specializing in dragon fruit, growing more than fifty varieties. Shop rooted and unrooted cuttings from over a hundred proven varieties, fresh fruit in season, and dragon fruit and cherimoya boxes, picked up at weekend farm-stand visits or shipped nationwide.
What they offer: Dragon fruit cuttings, fresh fruit, fruit boxes, weekend farm stand, nationwide shipping.
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Our part in it
Between us we have spent years in tech, marketing, and ministry, and connecting people to a mission is the work we love most. Consider this your invitation to get involved, spend your dollars close to home, and grow alongside the people doing the work.
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Oceanside Pole
OceansidePole tomato growerThe Singh family has grown tomatoes in Oceanside’s San Luis Rey Valley since 1939, and they are the last pole tomato producer left in California. More than a million poles go in each year to hand-support vine-ripened round and Roma tomatoes, grown by a crew that includes veterans, with a stewardship-first ethic.
What they offer: Vine-ripened pole tomatoes, Roma tomatoes, Brussels sprouts.
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Rancho Del Calli
FallbrookRegenerative farmA small-scale regenerative family farm in Fallbrook built on the idea that people, land, plants, and animals do best working together. No-spray apples, farm produce and goods rolling out through 2025, backyard chickens, and a Great Pyrenees preservation-breeding program, all raised alongside three young kids.
What they offer: No-spray apples, regenerative produce, Great Pyrenees puppies.
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San Pasqual Valley Soils
EscondidoCompost & soilA family-owned compost and mulch yard turning local green waste back into living soil. OMRI-listed and CDFA Organic compost, native mulches, custom blends, and delivery for growers and gardeners alike.
What they offer: Organic compost, mulch, custom soil blends, delivery.
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Sand n’ Straw Community Farm
VistaCommunity farmA family-run regenerative farm and nonprofit in the heart of Vista, growing more than fifty crops on six acres with organic, soil-first practices. A farm stand a couple of days a week, a weekly farm box, workshops, and a youth farm school.
What they offer: Farm stand, weekly farm box, workshops, youth farm school.
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Sandoval & Sons Flower Growers
BonsallFlower growerA Bonsall family growing flowers on North River Road for 40 years. Their roadside stand at 30441 North River Road is full of fresh-cut blooms straight from the fields.
What they offer: Flower stand open 10a-5p Monday through Saturday, 10a-3p Sunday.
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Sunshine Farm
VistaFarm stand & homesteadA family homestead that put down new roots in Vista after moving from New York. Weekend farm stands with fresh-baked sourdough and bakery goods, a petting zoo for the kids, hands-on sourdough classes, and seasonal offerings all year.
What they offer: Weekend farm stand, sourdough and bakery, petting zoo, sourdough classes.
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The Vineyard 1924
FallbrookEstate wineryA Fallbrook estate winery growing its own grapes with an organic-minded, low-additive approach. Come for tastings of estate wine and sangria, live music and food vendors on weekends, valley and mountain views, and a Christmas tree lot when the season turns.
What they offer: Estate wine and sangria tastings, live music, seasonal Christmas trees.
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Yasukochi Family Farms
OceansideFamily farm & CSAA century-old Oceanside farming family working the same coastal ground since 1927. Fresh, seasonal produce through their weekly CSA boxes and at farmers markets around the county. From their family to yours.
What they offer: Seasonal CSA boxes, farmers markets, family-grown produce.
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A few of these are nonprofits you can support directly with a donation or a volunteer day. Details, hours, and offerings live on each farm’s own site, so check there before you visit.