104 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM PIE RANCH, PESCADERO This nonprofit educational farm hosts monthly barn dances that become field dances in the summer, along with special events ranging from a day of pie-baking and yin yoga to a goat-butchering workshop that sends participants home with freshly made sausage. Get down and dirty by pitching in at one of Pie Ranch’s volunteer days, held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and the third Saturday of the month (sign up online). In July, look for mixed-berry streusel and lemon-olallieberry pies at the farm stand, plus heirloom beans, jams, grass-fed beef and pastureraised pork and chicken as well as locally made crafts. Farm stand, weekends 10AM5PM; weekdays (closed Tuesdays), Noon-5PM 2080 Highway 1. pieranch.org or @pie_ranch HARLEY FARMS, PESCADERO Fields of grazing goats, frolicking kids and creamy goat cheese are the draw at Harley Farms. Sign up for a tour or just wander around the pens before browsing its shop for chive-covered chevre and fresh feta cheese, plus soaps, truffles and ravioli, all made with goat milk. Open daily, 11AM-4PM 205 North Street. harleyfarms.com R&R FARMS, PESCADERO R&R’s U-pick fields open in spring with strawberries, followed by olallieberries in July and blackberries and raspberries from August to November. At the farm stand, find fresh herbs, eggs, dried beans and peppers, plus pantry staples and locally baked pan dulce. Out in the Fields PHOTOGRAPHY: PAULETTE PHLIPOT/ COURTESY OF PIE RANCH
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