Punch Magazine - July 2024

PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM 105 Tuesday-Sunday, 10AM-6PM, Mondays, Noon-6PM 2310 Pescadero Creek Road. facebook.com/rrfreshfarms or 650-954-0055 BIANCHI FLOWERS, PESCADERO Open in September and October (check Instagram for dates), Bianchi offers U-pick flowers and tomatoes, and welcomes picnickers. Half Moon Bay is famous for its pumpkin patches, but fourth-generation farmer Bridget Jett offers the chance to wander a field of pumpkins still on the vine and pick what you like. “Kids don’t even realize that pumpkins have prickly leaves and stems!” she marvels. Farm stand, daily 10AM-5PM (September and October only) 243 Butano Cutoff. @bianchi_flowers POTRERO NUEVO FARM, HALF MOON BAY With its organic produce donated to nonprofit Abundant Grace Coastside Worker, there’s no farm stand at Potrero Nuevo, but it welcomes volunteers to help with harvesting on Mondays and Thursdays from May through midNovember. Children are welcome with their parents, and kid-safe tools are provided. Sign up online. 1045 Tunitas Creek Road. potreronuevofarm.org OUROBOROS, HALF MOON BAY This aquaponic farm grows a variety of lettuces, herbs and other greens, available at its farm stand. Thursday-Sunday, 10AM-4PM 12511 San Mateo Road. ouroborosfarms.com SWANTON BERRY FARM, DAVENPORT This scenically situated spread, just south of San Mateo County, is the first certified organic strawberry farm in California. Summer weekends summon crowds to its expansive U-pick strawberry fields. Swanton’s farm stand features jams, pies, chocolate-covered strawberries and vegan soup. Farm stand: Daily 8AM-7PM U-pick: Weekends 9AM-5PM 25 Swanton Road. swantonberryfarm.com farm finders openspacetrust.org/local-farms-guide thesanfranciscopeninsula.com/fresh-as-it-gets PHOTOGRAPHY: COURTESY OF ANDREA LAUE / PAULETTE PHLIPOT

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