Vancouver metro and its neighboring towns are home to a variety of farms that produce a variety of fruits, vegetables, nuts, dairy, eggs, honey, and meat products. Most prices are cheaper than the farmers market or the grocery store, except for some weather-impacted crops like peaches, and are fresher tasting than produce that is trucked in from central Washington or Oregon for regional farmers markets.
I found this farm through Craigslist. It looks like most farms with lots of plants growing in rows in the fields with a gigantic barn and a farm store in its front. This is probably where I'll go to get sugar pumpkins in October. If you're unfamiliar with the rural parts of Vancouver, it is easy to get lost. NE 182nd Ave is not a marked street (no street sign) at its intersection with NE Fourth Plain Blvd. While on NE 182nd, hang a right at the split in the road. Farm is on the right.
On my last visit, I picked up fresh corn, cucumbers, a pint of grape tomatoes, an acorn squash. The farm grows a wide variety of vegetables with broccoli, summer squash, zucchini, potatoes, carrots, etc. Next month, I'm told that they'll have brussel sprouts and pumpkins.
Farm Store Hours:
July--September
M -- Fri. 9 a.m. -- 6 p.m.
Sat. 10 a.m.-- 5 p.m.
Sunday - Closed
October
M -- Fri. 11 a.m. -- 5 p.m.
Sat. 10 a.m. -- 5 p.m.
Sunday - Closed
Open Last Sunday in Oct.
1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: 18905 NE 83rd Street, Vancouver, WA 98682
Website: Velvet Acres Gardens
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