Welcome to a special edition of Nibbles, Boulder’s weekly food newsletter. This week we’re devoting the newsletter to our 2026 Guide to Boulder County’s Roadside Farm Stands. It features more than 25 nearby farm stands and farm stores where you can find fresh produce, eggs, flowers, honey, meats and other local goods.
This week’s Market Meals recipe from the Boulder County Farmers Markets features a classic Nicoise salad made with local green beans, radishes and eggs. Get the recipe here.
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This is where Boulder comes together over great food. Where afternoons stretch into evenings, patios fill with conversation and every meal feels connected to the community around you. Downtown Boulder serves up fresh flavors, seasonal ingredients and dining experiences for every occasion. From neighborhood favorites to elevated cuisine, it’s all waiting to be discovered. Welcome to Downtown Boulder, where Boulder comes to life.
Research suggests that those of us who interact directly with the land and farmers experience decreased stress and anxiety, renewed community connections and overall feelings of happiness.
All I know is that after weeks of checking out the roadside farm stands of Boulder County, I’ve rediscovered my favorite sort of annual pastoral bliss and deliciousness. I’ve loved quirky roadside farm stands since I was a kid. On the way home from the lake, my mom would grab a dozen ears of corn that we husked, boiled and consumed while bathed in butter on the front porch.
A few years back, I started publishing a roster of the amazing array of farm stand destinations for readers to access. Boulder Reporting Lab’s 2026 guide to the roadside farm stands of Boulder County expands to include even more tasty stops.
Farmers markets are wonderful places where it is easy to access many growers in one spot. However, they come with crowds and a lot of noise. Visiting farm stands is a low-key, personal experience with a handful of shoppers, but without the tamale vendors, restrooms or parking lots.
Choosing to shop at these farm stands requires a certain sense of adventure.
Farm stands are not stores, and each one is a different experience. Some, like Lafayette’s Red Wagon Farm, operate out of a large building. Other locations, like Big Ash Farm, are bare-bones spots by the side of a rural road. A few stops on the itinerary are well-staffed, while at many, you pay cash or Venmo on the honor system. Most have limited signage and hours of operation, and you should bring your own bags and leave dogs at home.
At some stands it feels a little awkward when you park in a home driveway to buy honey off the residents’ porch, but it is always worth it.
Each stand offers a unique selection of produce, farm foods and flowers — many unavailable at markets and stores. Many stock goods from other local businesses, including meats, eggs, honey, breads and pasta.
A few larger operations let shoppers know on social media which vegetables will be available during any given summer week, but you really have to make a habit of visiting every week. Many of the smaller stands only harvest a small quantity of the vegetables, herbs and fruit they grow, so the best advice is to shop early. The first shoppers tend to get the little containers of fresh raspberries.
Finally, a word about farm stand pricing. Yes, you will likely find a cheaper tomato at Walmart or Costco, but it will not taste anything like a beefsteak tomato picked that morning. It’s worth it for the quality of the produce, the relationships you develop with farmers and the sigh-inducing fields-to-foothills backdrop. You know who grew it and how they grew it. The folks farming in Boulder County and nearby are not in it for the big bucks. They are pricing those plums to help them survive to next season.
Many farms are literally mom-and-pop operations. Some employ seasonal farm workers. My roadside farm stand guide has changed annually because some farm operations just don’t survive persistent drought, insects and rising fuel costs. We learned during Covid and various bird flu outbreaks how essential it is to have access to local food sources.
Use the following guide to plan a bike or car tour of several farm stands on a weekend morning.
Did we miss any farm stands? Let us know.
Even this guide is not complete. Some rural farm stands will pop up spontaneously in response to the bounty of the season. Many harvest festival stands with pumpkins will open in the fall. Let us know if we missed any roadside stands. We’ll add them to the roster. Email: nibbles@boulderreportinglab.org.
7th Generation Farm
100 South 96th St., Louisville
Fri., noon-5 p.m.; Sat., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
The 7th Generation Farm is a pastoral oasis tucked away only blocks from a King Soopers and Old Town Louisville. The farm store is open year-round, offering locally raised meats including beef, pork and goat, as well as fresh produce, eggs, honey, pies and pet food. During the fall, the farm is home to a popular pumpkin patch with hayrides.
Aspen Moon Farm
7940 Hygiene Road, Hygiene
Tue.-Thu., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Aspen Moon’s farm store stocks Boulder County’s largest selection of certified organically grown vegetables, flowers, berries, herbs and heirloom grains. The farm is famous for its array of tomatoes and chiles.
The Bee Hugger
12590 Ute Highway, Longmont
Daily, 8 a.m.-dusk (Fri. until noon)
For families, The Bee Hugger is farm heaven. Visitors can take pony and “unicorn” rides, visit farm animals, pick sunflowers and buy honey and produce from a self-serve stand.
Benevolence Orchard & Gardens
6712 Jay Road, Boulder
Daily, 10 a.m.-dusk
Benevolence Orchard has a local reputation for providing fruit trees and essential arborist advice. The charming farm shed also offers a self-service supply of farm-grown mushrooms, produce, flowers and fruit.
Big Ash Farm
3151 95th St., Boulder
Daily, during daylight hours
This self-serve roadside horse trailer sits against a Foothills panorama, offering the farm’s eggs and produce, including fresh berries.
Boulder Lavender
7957 Arapahoe Ave. at Willow Creek Drive, Boulder
Daily, daylight hours
This small, wooden roadside cart next to a field of flowers naturally offers the lavender gamut from fresh flowers to scented products, plus eggs, honey and other food.
Buckner Family Ranch
13790 E. I-25 Frontage Road, Unit D5, Longmont
Mon., Tue., Thu. & Fri., 2-6 p.m.
Diners often find Buckner Family Ranch meats served at some of Boulder County’s finest restaurants. The Longmont ranch also sells its lamb, beef and pork and a world of sausages ranging from smoked bratwurst to bangers at its Longmont warehouse.
BoCo Coop Farm Stand
9722 Empire Road, Louisville
Sun., 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Goods from four farms, including Friends Farm and Jacob Springs Farm, are available at this new cooperative site. Offerings include vegetables, herbal products and gluten-free breads. The herb garden offers a self-guided tour with botanical signs.
Cure Organic Farm
7416 Valmont Road, Boulder
Daily, noon-5 p.m.
Cure Farm offers one of the most diversely stocked farm stands in the area. The shelves are full of organically grown produce and herbs with an emphasis on fresh flowers. Western Slope fruit, chicken and quail eggs, roasting chickens and honey, plus pasta and baked goods are also available.
Early Bird Farm
7561 N. 49th St., Longmont
Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Farm kids own this roadside food stand, offering athlete-friendly packaged snacks and drinks, plus eggs and honey from the farm.
Growing Gardens
1630 Hawthorn Ave., Boulder
Wed., 3:30-6:30 p.m.
Growing Gardens is focused on gardening classes and kids’ camps, but once a week it opens as a farm stand offering organic produce ranging from gooseberries to greens and local goods from Grama Grass, Hazel Dell Mushrooms, Shamane’s Bakery, Long’s Gardens and others.
A second Growing Gardens farm stand is held in Longmont at 950 Lashley St., Wed., 4-6 p.m. Aimed at increasing food access to all communities in Boulder County, this stand offers affordable produce on a pay-what-you-can basis.
Let It Bee Honey & More Store
4689 Ute Highway Unit B, Lyons
Wed.-Sat., noon-5 p.m.
See a beehive in action and shop for all things bee-related at this pollinator-friendly shop. Goods include local honey, pollen, beeswax candles and gifts.
The Little Yellow Farmstand
7544 County Road 24, Longmont
Daily, dawn-dusk
Check out this small, honor system farm stand for just-laid eggs and house-baked zucchini and strawberry bread.
MASA Seed Foundation Farm
1367 N. 75th St., Boulder
Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
The MASA stand sells a wide range of vegetables and flowers grown on the Boulder farm.
MASA is also home to a small farmhouse packed with jars of organic, non-hybrid, heirloom seeds for climate-tested vegetables, fruits, grains and herbs.
Meadow Lake Honey
7922 Meadow Lake Road, Niwot
Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Follow the signs and pull up in the driveway of this family home and apiary. The porch self-serve table offers raw honey as well as lavender products.
Munson Farms
75th Street and Valmont Road, Boulder
Daily, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. (beginning in late July)
For generations, Munson Farms has been the place to pick up sweet corn in the summer. Boulder County’s oldest farm stand also grows tomatoes, eggplant and squashes and offers Western Slope fruit and Rocky Ford melons. Come autumn, Munson is all about pumpkins.
Ollin Farms
8627 N. 95th St., Longmont
Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, potatoes, onions, peas, herbs and many other freshly harvested crops fill the bins at Ollin Farms, a comfy stand with shaded picnic tables. The Ollin store also sells eggs, meats and fresh corn and flour tortillas. The farm frequently hosts kids’ events, family food nights with food trucks and in-the-fields dinners.
Red Wagon Farm
1640 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette
Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (opens July 16)
Set in a spacious modern barn at Thomas Open Space just west of US-287, Red Wagon Farm offers a wide selection of its own crops as well as local baked goods, meats, mushrooms, eggs and flowers. Plus: U-pick fields of flowers and tomatoes.
Rocky Mountain Milkhouse
4511 County Road 32, Longmont
Daily, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Milk doesn’t get much fresher than at this on-the-farm store offering fresh A2 (containing A2 beta-casein) milk, chocolate milk and cream as well as eggs and cheese.
Shadow Butte Lake Ranch
Valmont Road near 70th Street, Boulder
Daily, daylight hours
A small, self-service roadside box that offers cartons of multi-hued eggs and sometimes fresh produce.
Slupik MiniFarm
7018 Redwing Place, Niwot
Fri.-Sun., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Slupik grows a wide array of fresh flowers as well as edible flowers and herbs it sells at this cute self-serve stand.
Speedwell Farm
8104 N. 63rd St., Longmont
Daily, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Speedwell Farm is a little hard to find but the farm store is well-stocked with vegetables, herbs and greens as well as pork, beef, eggs and honey. Speedwell Farm & Gardens is part of the resource-sharing Treehouse Farm Collective that includes Artemis Flower Farm and The Tool Library.
Suarez Market
11078 N. 66th St., Longmont
10 a.m.-4 p.m. July 18-19, Aug. 22-23 and Aug. 29-30
Mariposa Farm is home to farm-stay accommodations, an apple orchard and Suarez Market, a farm stand held on select weekends that offers fresh produce, farm gifts and an array of baked goods, including empanadas and scones.
Summerdog Farm
8716 Arapahoe Road, Boulder
Sat., 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
The Summerdog summer shack is a circa-1900 milk house behind a home on a farm. The quintessential mom-and-pop farm stand features fresh produce like varieties of garlic, summer squash, French breakfast radishes and rainbow chard. The pantry is stocked with honey, strawberry lemon jam, fougasse loaves, walnut and cherry rolls, and many goat products thanks to the gang of goats running around the place. Plus: a selection of vintage and restored goods.
Sunbeam Farm
1005 Cherryvale Road, Boulder
Daily, dawn-dusk
Sunbeam Farm is well-known among gardeners as a source of top-notch organic plant starts. The self-service stand offers lots of eggs and some organically grown greens and vegetables. Sunbeam also hosts a series of farm dinners in its fields.
Ya Ya Farm and Orchard
6914 Ute Highway, Longmont
Thu., 2-6 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (hours expand in August)
Ya Ya Farm has a devoted farm visit following for some good reasons. The immersive scene includes farm animals to pet, shaded picnic tables and a barn store offering farm-grown and Western Slope fruit, apple cider, apple cider doughnuts and apple pie. Ya Ya is also one of the few local spots where bakers can source frozen tart pie cherries.
Note: Additional local farm stands operate on a CSA-like membership model, including the Stalk Market at Yellow Barn Farm and The Golden Hoof.
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