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Willow Creek Ranch

  • County
    Calaveras
  • Activities

    Farm Stay, 600 sq ft cabin 3 bedrooms sleeps 8. Seasonal activities include seasonal farm chores. Seasonal chores include gardening, milking cow when "fresh", gathering eggs, feeding farm animals. Above ground pool and trampoline for warm sunny weather. Demo/help make mozarella cheese, butter and seasonal items. Help as much or as little as you like. Watch our video on "America's Heartland"

  • Products

    Jams, embroidery, (as available) butter, eggs, mozzarella cheese and other. Cabin sleeps 8 - can add family style breakfast or dinner.

Seven-Up Guest Ranch

  • County
    El Dorado
  • Activities
    N / A
  • Products

    Wine. Bed & Breakfast, 145 acres guest ranch. No horses.

Lima Sierra Ranch

  • County
    El Dorado
  • Activities

    Farm stays - Furnished studio available for overnight stays with horse stabling available, if needed.

  • Products

    Grass fed beef, apples during harvest season.

Fleming Jones Homestead B&B

  • County
    El Dorado
  • Activities

    A Bed & Breakfast Inn in the Apple Hill (Camino USGS District) centrally located to El Dorado Wineries.  Champion miniature horses, a small vineyard and fruit orchard where fresh grown products grace our breakfast table laden with gourmet treats for the foodie.

  • Products

    Gourmet breakfasts, evening treats, comfortable rooms in an 1883 farm house with personal concierge service and as much or as little participatory experience one wants with our miniature horses.

Sequoia View Vineyard and B&B/Cedar View Winery

  • County
    Fresno
  • Activities

    Estate vineyard and winery with a tasting room. Located on the Blossom Trail/Fruit Trail (60 miles of local agricultural produce).Inn. Party, meeting & wedding facility.

  • Products

    International award winning wines. The tasting room also carries other locally made products such as olive oil, vinegars, BBQ sauce, jams and jellies.

The Apple Place

  • County
    Fresno
  • Activities
    N / A
  • Products

    Apples and Cider, pears

A Little House on the Fish Farm

  • County
    Fresno
  • Activities

    Soak in the sights and sounds of a working polyculture farm from the comfort of a new, modern farmhouse. Interact with friendly cows, sheep, goats, and chickens as you learn how they enhance orchards, vineyards and fish ponds. View rare and beautiful birds that are attracted to the 30 acres of ponds. Taste waterlily honey, fresh eggs, gourmet fish dishes and aquaponic vegetables. Opt for a "Guaranteed Catch" fishing expedition.

  • Products

    Local raw honey, ranch eggs, fresh fish, water lilies, aquaponic vegetables and landscape plants.

Plants by Mel

  • County
    Glenn
  • Activities

    Honor-basis farm stand, simple living with nutritional health cooking classes, gardening

  • Products

     Fresh vegetables September thru May, fruit May thru November, baked goods

Elk Creek Buckarettes

  • County
    Glenn
  • Activities

    Treat yourself to this unique outdoor experience, featuring rides on a private working 5000 acre cattle ranch, excellent catered cowgirl cuisine, charming accommodations, and the camaraderie of Women of the West. If you have been busy mending fences, the holes in your baby's britches or battles in the boardroom, it is time to load up your horse and come ride with us!

  • Products

    All-women ranch ride vacation, retail products, wildflower rides, clinics.

Campovida

  • County
    Mendocino
  • Activities

    Campovida is a family owned and operated certified organic farm and vineyard. This unique place offers deep connections with nature, wine tasting, a professional culinary kitchen, a 10-room retreat center and multiple spaces for conversations both big and small. It’s a place where you can relax, enjoy and create your custom gatherings.

  • Products

    Organic vegetables and fruits.  Farm produced olive oil, honey.  Locally sourced biodynamic and organic wines.  Workshops and retreats.

Vista Ranch and Cellars

  • County
    Merced
  • Activities

    Vista Ranch and Cellars includes farm plots, a vineyard, tasting room, outdoor picnic area, and an event center. Throughout the year seasonal activities include summer nights with al fresco dining, wood-fired brick oven pizzas, live music, a pumpkin patch, educational field trips, and Christmas trees to name a few.

  • Products

    Wine tasting, olive oil tasting, gift shop, seasonal farm stand, picnics, and wood fired pizza.

Rocking 7 Ranch

  • County
    Monterey
  • Activities

    Visitors to come and get a first hand feel of raising animals and different variety of birds. Also, experience being in a rural setting and able to see many types of wildlife in the area.

  • Products
    N / A

Blue Oaks Ranch

  • County
    Nevada
  • Activities

    Farm stay on an organic family farm on 35 acres. We lovingly raise dairy goats, dairy sheep, and Jersey cows, who provide us with fresh milk to make a variety of cheeses, yogurt and butter. We raise most of our food on the farm.

  • Products

    Farmstead Cheese and Vacation Rental. We are listed on AirBnB's website at https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/7679128?guests=2&s=7P7g0-tU

Auburn Vacation Farm

  • County
    Placer
  • Activities

    Two separate vacation rentals on rural property with pigs, chickens, fruit and vegetables. Providing u-pick privileges to guests for winter and summer vegetables, fruits and free range eggs with spectacular over-night accommodations.

  • Products
    N / A

Greenhorn Creek Guest Ranch

  • County
    Plumas
  • Activities

    Horseback riding, fishing

  • Products
    N / A

The Ranch House

  • County
    Riverside
  • Activities

     

    We have several different fruit tress in our orchard as well as olive trees.  We can offer a tour of the orchard.  Also we are a working horse ranch.  We have chickens onsite and prepare organic breakfasts for our guests.

  • Products

     

    Organic Breakfast
    Orchard Tours
    Ranch Tours
    Organic Lunches

123 Farm at Highland Springs Resort

  • County
    Riverside
  • Activities

    Farm and historical ranch tours available to groups of 10 or more with previous arrangements. Self guided, walking tours available also with check-in at main lobby. Farm Camp operates year-round for schools and the public during summer months.

  • Products

    123 Farm makes many products with the certified organic lavender we grow. These products include: Lavender, Rosemary and Tea Tree Essential Oil, Lavender lotion, sleep mist and body oils. We also sell Garlic in early summer (sold out for 2014) as well as Olive Oil, from our own olives in the late fall and winter.

Golden Hop Farm (SD Golden Hop Farm)

  • County
    San Diego
  • Activities

    We offer tours and explanations of how hops are grown and used by both home and commercial brewers to vary the tastes of their beers.  During the harvest season we offer u-pick opportunities, by appointment, and sales of our "wet" hops.  We also sell "dried" hops all year long.  We have a picnic area that overlooks both our hop field and avocado grove where visitors are encouraged to relax and enjoy our quiet surroundings while watching the abundant wildlife and birds that coexist on our farm.  For those who want a greater hands on farm experience, please inquire about staying overnight in our guest suite.

  • Products

    We are a Certified Naturally Grown producer of seven different varieties of hops that we sell either "wet" or "dried"

The Groves on 41

  • County
    San Luis Obispo
  • Activities

    We are a hands-on family run olive farm for the production of the freshest extra virgin olive oil. We offer tours, tasting and lots of fun information about this sustainably grown specialty crop.

  • Products

    Certified Extra Virgin & Award Winning Olive Oils as well as many assorted flavors. We also have a beautiful vacation rental on the property along with a 3000 square foot, well-appointed barn and huge patio area perfect for our guests to host their own private party or country wedding.

Lazy Arrow Adventures

  • County
    San Luis Obispo
  • Activities

    Hands on working ranch experience, guest cabins, camping, exotic animal tours and animal feeding for groups, family reunions,heirloom garden, pick up chicken eggs, weddings, stage for outdoor music and dances.

  • Products

    Heirloom vegetables, chicken eggs,

Stepladder Creamery

  • County
    San Luis Obispo
  • Activities

    We offer private tours of our farmstead dairy and creamery daily. The tours are a wonderful way to get to know our friendly herd of LaMancha goats and tour our dairy and milking parlor that were both built inside of the ranch's historic 100-year old barn.

    The tours are 1-hour long and will give you a unique and personalized opportunity to see what’s happening inside of our milking parlor and view our creamery from the outside viewing window as guided by one of our Stepladder Creamery staff members. Tour guests will learn all about the cheesemaking process and conclude their tour with a tasting of the seasonal cheeses that we have available.

    Tours from February - July, includes spending time with the farm's many baby goats aka "kids" that arrive in the Spring.

  • Products

    Farmstead goat cheeses from pasture raised Lamancha goats
    Pasture raised cow's milk cheeses
    Haas avocados and citrus (oranges, grapefruits, lemons, limes) and passion fruits

SZ Ranch

  • County
    Santa Barbara
  • Activities

    Ranch tours, horseback riding, pumpkin patch, hay maze, haunted barn maze, My town with western old-style jail, post office - open for visits, available for outdoor events

  • Products

    We do Weddings, Parties, Relax in the Country with breath-taking views, hiking, horseback riding, campfires, ATV riding

Return To Freedom, American Wild Horse Sanctuary

  • County
    Santa Barbara
  • Activities

    Return to Freedom is dedicated to preserving the freedom, diversity and habitat of America's wild horses through sanctuary, education and conservation, while enriching the human spirit through direct experience with the natural world.

  • Products

    Sanctuary Tours (the most basic of our tours) Wild Horse Walks (hiking into the hills to observe wild horse herd behavior and social dynamics) Kid's Days (focusing on ranch activities) Photo Safaris (for professionals and amateurs: capturing herd behaviors on camera). We also offer the sanctuary as a venue for clinics and special events

FlipJack Ranch

  • County
    Santa Cruz
  • Activities

    Farm to table bed and breakfast providing deluxe accommodations on a real working ranch. Cuisine features ranch raised meats and produce from our organic garden as well as seasonally foraged ingredients.

  • Products

    FlipJack Farm Store offers blue ribbon winning preserves, jams and pickles. Our ranch raised rabbit, chicken, pork and turkeys are available for sale through our CSA.

Girl on the Hill

  • County
    Solano
  • Activities

    educational and / or working vineyard experiences to fully understand how premium wine is developed in the field. Vacation rental house in the vineyard.

  • Products

    premium wine and natural lavender products

Twisted Horn Ranch

  • County
    Sonoma
  • Activities

    Vacation rental on the ranch.  Meet the longhorns up close and personal.

  • Products

    Artisan beef by the individual cut or 'on the hoof'

Full House Farm

  • County
    Sonoma
  • Activities

    Full House Farm has been in operation since 1974, relocating from Los Altos Hills in Santa Clara County to Sebastopol, Sonoma County, in 1989.  You can experience farm life by staying in one of our Farmstays, taking a Farm Life Tour, scheduling a "Sustainable Living from the Inside Out" session with the horses, and/or purchasing fresh products from the farm's Honor System Kiosk.

  • Products

    Fresh organic, vegetarian eggs, goat milk products, home-made jams & jellies, Asian Pear juice, raw honey, and more

River Ridge Ranch

  • County
    Tulare
  • Activities

    Tours and overnight lodging.

  • Products
    N / A

Horn Mountain Ranch

  • County
    Tulare
  • Activities

    Farm stay, close animal experience particularly for youngsters.  Fun at the farm.

  • Products

    Grass fed meats and farm tours.  Seasonal fruits, vegetables and eggs available for purchase

Love House Farm

  • County
    Ventura
  • Activities

    Flower and veggie farm with bed & breakfast accommodations. Ducks, chickens and a horse. See our listing on Airbnb.com.

  • Products

    Dahlias, sweet peas, lavender, other flowers, cut flowers, veggies.

Casitas Canyon Ranch

  • County
    Ventura
  • Activities

    18 Acre Avocado Ranch
    Very private downstairs flat with separate entrance - has two bedrooms, bathroom has a large clawfoot tub with jacuzzi jets, crystal chandelier and sconces, marble-topped antique washstand - has a very Victorian and rustic feel and is surrounded by avocado trees, banana trees, guava and other tropical plants.

    If you are looking for a unique experience that isn't a hotel or your average b&b, this is it - a very remote and beautiful location - breathtaking scenery, romantic and extremely quiet and relaxing. There is a small refrigerator, microwave, toaster and coffeemaker and grinder - includes ripe avocados and other fruit in season, bagels with cream cheese, juice and coffee beans. Drive 10 minutes thru the hills to the beach where there are plenty of great restaurants and grocery stores to choose from in Carpinteria - drive 10 more minutes along the ocean past Summerland and Montecito to Santa Barbara.

    activities - kayaking and fishing in ocean or Lake Casitas or Channel Islands, hiking in mountains or near ocean, cycling (Tour de California route), tennis in Ojai, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, whale watching, people watching, theatre - information available for you - just ask

  • Products

    Avocados and miscellaneous fruit