Farm stands

Common questions

What is a farm stand?

A place a farm sells its own produce, on its own land — anything from an unstaffed table with an honesty box to a year-round farm store with a bakery. The defining feature is that you are buying from the people who grew it, where they grew it.

Is a farm stand cheaper than a farmers market?

Often, slightly. The farm saves the stall fee and the drive, and seconds — fruit too ugly to travel — get sold rather than dumped. What you trade away is choice: one farm's crops instead of twenty growers under one roof.

Do I need to call ahead?

For anything specific, yes. Farm stands follow the harvest and many open only when there is something to sell. Hours are the field farms are least likely to publish, so the phone number or website on each listing is the reliable route.