Nothing beats meeting your farmer or catching a glimpse of the hard work that goes into all that great food. Roadside stands are highly seasonal, not usually open year-round, but they are fun to find! Occasionally they are on the honor system, so bring cash or scan to pay in an app. Days and hours vary wildly - check before heading out or plan for an adventure.

Tierra Vegetables - Santa Rosa/Windsor

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Just off Airport Boulevard, not far from the freeway and directly adjacent to a suburban neighborhood, Tierra Vegetables grows an incredible variety of heirloom dried beans and corn, produce, fresh and dried chiles, masa, polenta and more. The Tierra Vegetables farmstand, open Thursdays through Saturdays year-round, features seasonal vegetables from asparagus to zucchini, handmade culinary gifts, and the farm’s acclaimed masa and polenta made from heirloom corn. Visitors can also take a self-guided tour to learn about Tierra’s sustainable farming practices and environmental stewardship.

651 Airport Blvd, Santa Rosa; 707-544-6141

Bohemian Flowers and Farmstand - Freestone/Sebastopol

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Organic flowers, veggies, fruit, and eggs are for sale at an open-air farmstand adjacent to the gorgeous flower farm. Also offering dahlia tubers, floral arrangements, and farm merchandise. Open seven days a week. All fresh products are grown onsite using organic principles and practices and using only organic materials, never pesticides or anything else that would harm you or the earth. Offering over 100 hundred different varieties of delicious and artistic flowers and vegetables through the course of the year.

121 Bohemian Highway, Sebastopol; 707-771-0317

Worker Bee Farm - Freestone/Sebastopol