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Farm Markets in Berks County: Where to Buy Direct

A county-wide guide to buying direct in Berks: indoor markets, open-air market days, country stores at the farm gate, pick-your-own orchards, and the roadside stands you would drive past if nobody told you.

Berks Connect Blog|Published August 27, 2026
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Buying direct in Berks County runs through four kinds of places. Indoor farmers markets put dozens of vendors under one roof in Reading, Wyomissing and Shillington. Market-day markets set up on a schedule: Wednesdays in Leesport, Sundays in West Reading, Monday evenings in Mount Penn. Farm stores sell at the edge of the fields that grew the food: Kirbyville Farm Market in Fleetwood, Plum Creek Farm Market and Way-Har Farm Market around Bernville. Pick-your-own orchards led by Weaver's Orchard in Morgantown and Frecon Farms in Boyertown hand you the basket, and the roadside stands of the Oley Valley and northern Berks fill in everything between.

The county takes this seriously enough to have its own Department of Agriculture, which keeps a running map of the farms and markets selling direct. WFMZ put that map at more than 260 locations when it covered the county's new pop-up market in September 2025. Nobody needs all 260. You need the short list that fits how you actually shop, and that is what follows.

The farm market conversation Berks County is already having.

Berks farm markets are county policy, not just a weekend habit. The Department of Agriculture ran its first pop-up farmers market last September as part of an effort to bring back Heritage Day, per WFMZ, and its Bountiful Berks calendar lists the second annual Farm Market + Heritage Day for September 12, 2026, with the Oley Fair the week after, September 17 to 19.

When the wider internet talks about where to shop, it lands on the same names our review data does. Fairgrounds Farmers Market still carries "Voted Best Farmers Market in Berks County for 2019" from the Readers' Choice awards on its own site, Leesport has been at it since 1947, West Reading runs a producer-only market, and the PA Dutch Farmers Market of Wyomissing and Shillington Farmers Market fill out the indoor roster. Renninger's in Kutztown lists farmers market vendors alongside its antiques trade, per its own site. Ask about farm stores instead of markets and the answers move out the county roads: Kirbyville, Plum Creek, Way-Har, and the orchards, Weaver's and Frecon first. When the shoppers in our reviews and the rest of the internet point at the same doors, you can trust the doors.

What the internet does not cover is the stands. The newest countywide vote we could find is that 2019 award, seven summers old now, and no news desk is reviewing a corn stand at the end of a farm lane. That is where the customer reviews in our directory carry the rest of this guide.

The big indoor farmers markets: Reading, Wyomissing and Shillington.

If you want one stop, in any weather, with produce, meat, baked goods and lunch under the same roof, start here.

Fairgrounds Farmers Market in Reading.

Fairgrounds is the county's everything market: 65 family-owned merchants, per the market's own site, open Thursday and Friday 8 to 7 and Saturday 8 to 4. The vendor list reads like a world tour. One reviewer counted Italian, Jamaican, Pennsylvania Dutch and French Creole stands sharing a roof, and reviewers praise produce that keeps for weeks and a counter for fresh cuts of meat, fish and poultry.

The stalls people name without being asked tell you what to try first: a pretzel counter one reviewer visits mainly for the pretzel log sandwiches, a bakery with walnut sticky buns and donuts, an Italian counter for imported meats and crusty bread, and a Caribbean kitchen whose mango juice one reviewer called a game changer. The aisles fill up on market days, and a full aisle at a farmers market is the best review there is.

Two stands inside deserve their own line. Hoober Produce keeps produce stocked year round, and one reviewer says they have never gotten a bad piece of fruit there; Paul Keagy Produce Inc is the counter reviewers rave about for nectarines and blueberries.

PA Dutch Farmers Market of Wyomissing.

The PA Dutch Farmers Market sits behind the Best Buy on Woodland Road, and walking in feels like crossing a county line. Reviewers describe a clean, well-lit room and vendors who learn regulars by name, then spend most of their words on the food: gourmet donuts, stuffed soft pretzels including a brisket one, Dutch barbecue, and a turkey meatloaf that keeps surfacing in review after review.

It runs Thursday and Friday 9 to 6 and Saturday 8 to 4, and its holiday closures follow Amish tradition, announced ahead, per the market's own FAQ. Renovation work added seating and lighting, and reviewers call the parking ample.

Shillington Farmers Market.

Shillington Farmers Market is the indoor market south of the city: more than 25 merchants, three days a week, Thursday and Friday 7 to 7 and Saturday 7 to 4, per its site. Go for specific counters. Reviewers point to a Thai kitchen for the drunken noodles, a deli one reviewer credited with the finest Italian sub around, and a Latin bakery for tres leches and fresh donuts.

Parking is part of the appeal at Shillington Farmers Market: a lot shared with the neighboring grocery store, with wheelchair spaces and push-button access.

Russo Gourmet Foods and Market in Wyomissing.

Russo Gourmet Foods And Market is not a farmers market, and it belongs in this guide anyway. It is a family Italian market on Bern Road with more than 60 years behind it, per its own site, and the county's buy-direct shopping runs through it: fresh local produce stacked next to imported pastas, olive oils, cheeses and cured meats.

There is an olive bar, a pizza bar and a deli counter of homemade sandwiches and prepared meals. It runs Monday through Friday 9 to 6 and Saturday 9 to 5, per its site.

Farmers markets that run on market days: Leesport, West Reading and Mount Penn.

These markets run on a schedule, not on store hours, and the schedule is the thing to know.

Leesport Farmers Market, Wednesdays since 1947.

Wednesday is a market day in Leesport, and it has been since the first sale day in July 1947, per the market's own history page. What began as a family cattle barn grew into a year-round market with a livestock auction and a flea market that has been part of the grounds from the start.

The food is half the reason people come. Reviewers call out a burger and fries booth by name, praise an indoor coffee shop for its flavors and fresh pastries, and give a pizza stand credit for taking cards in a market where cash is the norm.

Reviewers name Wednesdays plus first Sundays as the market rhythm, and one notes the indoor side stays closed on Sundays. Parking is tight on the big market days, so give yourself a few extra minutes.

West Reading Farmers Market, Sundays on Penn Avenue.

West Reading is the purist's market: producer-only, meaning every vendor grew, raised or made what it sells, within 50 miles of the borough, per the market's own rules. It sets up on Penn Avenue on Sundays from 10 to 1, weekly from May through November, then twice a month through the winter on shorter hours, per Visit West Reading.

Reviewers describe West Reading Farmers Market as small and well curated, with live music going: produce growers, mushroom growers, bakers, coffee, pickles, homemade pasta and sometimes a knife sharpener. One reviewer calls it a Sunday-morning pop-up, which is exactly the energy.

Antietam Valley Farmers and Artists Market in Mount Penn.

East of the city, Antietam Valley Farmers Market runs first and third Monday evenings, 5 to 7, at the community center on Byram Street, rain or shine, per its site. It is part farmers market and part artists market, and one reviewer called it a temporary Main Street when it is running.

The 2026 season is under way; check the market's calendar for the exact dates before you drive.

Farm markets built onto working Berks County farms.

Here the market is bolted onto the farm, which means the produce came off the field you just drove past.

Kirbyville Farm Market in Fleetwood.

Kirbyville Farm Market is the full farm-day out. Reviewers come for the shoofly pie, the black raspberry ice cream and a chicken barbecue that runs on Saturdays; the kids come for the playground, the goats and a flower garden you pick yourself.

There is a deli and a coffee bar too, which is how a produce run turns into lunch.

Plum Creek Farm Market and Creamery in Bernville.

Plum Creek Farm Market & Creamery started as a small roadside wagon and grew into a full market and creamery, per the family's own telling, and it runs both sides well: local produce, baked goods, deli and groceries in the market, soft pretzels, hot food and ice cream in the creamery.

Reviewers know the drill. Pulled pork comes out of the kitchen, the soft serve changes with a limited-edition flavor each month, and there is a playground out back so the kids have somewhere to be while you order. It is closed Sundays.

Way-Har Farm Market in Bernville.

Way-Har Farm Market is the other reason to point the car at Bernville: a family country store at the farm on Bernville Road, selling farm-fresh milk, baked goods and groceries, with hand-dipped ice cream made on the premises in around 40 of its own flavors, per the farm's site.

The bakery and deli fill the basket while the dipping counter does its work. Between Way-Har and Plum Creek, the county's farm-store ice cream argument runs straight through Bernville.

Martin's Produce on Allentown Pike.

Martin's Produce on Allentown Pike is a roadside stand reviewers describe as Amish, and one reviewer put its shoofly pie at the top of the whole state. That is a big claim for a small stand.

Ask about the seconds section, where less-than-perfect produce sells at a deep discount. One reviewer says the seconds still beat most supermarket produce.

Pick-your-own orchards and fruit farms in Berks County.

Weaver's Orchard in Morgantown.

Weaver's Orchard Inc runs pick-your-own across more crops than anywhere else in this guide: strawberries, cherries, blueberries, peaches, apples, pears and kiwiberries among them, Memorial Day through late October, per its picking calendar.

The farm keeps a live bee hive on site, reviewers call its apple cider donuts the best around, and there is a deli for whoever came along under protest. The market side runs year-round, with story times and farm-to-table nights on the 2026 calendar, per the orchard's site.

Frecon Farms in Boyertown.

Frecon Farms has been growing fruit since 1944 and is still in the family, per the farm's story, which gives it the oldest founding date in this guide. Today it is an orchard, bakery, U-pick and cidery in one stop, per its site, out on the county's eastern edge.

Reviewers do their shopping in the bakery case: the kiffles, the almond croissants and the cider donuts all get named. The U-pick orchard and pumpkin patch carry the fall, and the drinks bar pours from the farm's own cider making.

Preston Orchards in Wernersville.

Preston Orchards is squarely about the fruit: apples and pears to pick, cider reviewers call the best they have had, and a peach butter that converts skeptics.

One reviewer's advice holds for most orchards in this guide: go early and bring cash.

Meat, eggs and milk straight from Berks County farms.

The county's farm stores specialize, so it pays to know which farm does what.

Shepherd's Touch Farm in Mohnton.

Shepherd's Touch Farm مزرعة لمسة الراعي الحلال serves buyers most Berks markets do not: it is a halal farm where the sacrifice is carried out on site, and reviewers describe the process as clean and respectful.

They praise the freshness of the goat, lamb and veal, and the farm keeps picnic and barbecue areas, so a pickup can turn into an afternoon.

More farms selling meat and dairy at the gate.

Andre Farms in the Oley Valley is the butcher stop: an old-school counter with double smoked bacon reviewers get emphatic about, creamy scrapple, homemade apple sausage and custom cuts on request.

Kirchenberg Farm is a goat and cow dairy run on the honor system, stocked with raw goat milk, kefir, kombucha, yogurt, cheese and eggs. A few roads over, Gauker Farms raises beef on what one reviewer describes as a ninth-generation family farm, and its reviewers name the rib roasts and the Delmonico.

Shoofly pie, sticky buns and sweet corn: the Oley Valley farm stands.

The Oley Valley is where the county's Pennsylvania Dutch table gets restocked, and September is its show-off month: the Oley Fair runs September 17 to 19 this year, per the county's Bountiful Berks calendar.

Fisher’s Produce Stand sells a sugar-and-cream sweet corn its reviewers call the best in Berks, plus pickles, mustards, jellies, sticky buns and a shoofly pie one reviewer called the best. One reviewer says it closes for the winter and reopens the week before Mother's Day.

Fisher's Farm Fresh Produce is cash only, and it is where reviewers go for shoofly pie, sticky buns and handmade sourdough pretzels. Its sweet corn has its own devotion.

Shop enough of these stands and the same short list keeps surfacing: shoofly pie from Fleetwood to Oley to Sinking Spring, scrapple at the meat counters, sticky buns in the bakery cases, sweet corn everywhere. More than one stand gets called the best corn in Berks by its own reviewers, and we are not going to referee that. Buy a dozen ears at whichever is closest and you will see why it comes up so often.

More Berks County farm stands and markets to look at.

This is where the county gets deep: small operations, narrow specialties, and stands you would drive past if nobody told you.

In northern Berks, Shady Mountain Market bakes soft pretzels reviewers keep singling out, plus raspberry and blueberry rolls; Heritage Farm & Market (FKA: Burkholder's Farm Fresh) pairs a nursery with produce one reviewer says was picked that day or the day before, until it closes after November; Meadow Hills Farm in Hamburg runs a fall corn maze and petting zoo and makes a scrapple one customer had shipped to California; LaFaver Family Farm Store, also in Hamburg, sells beef alongside local cheeses and honey, with the chip steak the cut reviewers keep naming; and The Nesting Box in Kempton sells milk, eggs and cheese next to ice cream reviewers drive half an hour for.

Along the northern valleys, Taproot Farm in Shoemakersville grows organic produce and emails customers weekly with what is coming and what to cook with it; ACEC Farm and Market, down the road, sells smoked pork chops, breakfast sausage and bacon from pigs raised on the property; Deep Roots Valley Farm in Mohrsville sells eggs and meat plus prepared pot pies, and delivers; and Patriot Farms, LLC up in Lenhartsville grows organic vegetables and keeps a stand reviewers describe as always open.

Across the west end, Spring Creek Farms in Wernersville is a USDA certified organic dairy and meat farm whose milk its reviewers keep coming back to; Goose Lane Farm in Sinking Spring sells meat, dairy and eggs reviewers single out, on a glass-bottle milk deposit system; and Blue Spruce Market in Womelsdorf makes a chicken salad reviewers rave about, with a small greenhouse of garden plants.

Waymaker Farm Market in Sinking Spring gets singled out for a wet-bottom shoofly pie and for its bread; Waymaker Farm Market in Wernersville earns the same kind of praise for watermelon reviewers call crisp and sweet, alongside mums and sunflowers; Griesemer Beekeeping LLC in Robesonia sells local honey in wildflower and clover; and Moyer's Fruits & Treasures in Bernville grows donut peaches one reviewer calls the best around.

East and south, Prout's Jollyview FarmMarket is known to its reviewers for strawberries that melt in your mouth and a CSA its members talk about at length; Meadow View Farm draws people for heirloom tomatoes and a pepper selection reviewers call unmatched, in season and closed Sundays; Wilcox Farms in Boyertown draws families for the hayride, the children's maze and the pumpkins, with a store reviewers rate for produce, local honey and cider; Steinruck Farm sells apple cider, apples and eggs from a family homestead; Bendy Brook Farm does grass-fed meat and eggs with delivery, plus a bone broth reviewers rate above anything else they have tried; Brecknock Orchard runs pick-your-own rows where reviewers show up as much for the apple cider slushy and the make-your-own caramel apple station as for the fruit; and B & H Organic Produce in Morgantown grows organic vegetables you can order online for pickup at the farm.

Closer to the city, Hoffman’s Produce on Snyder Road sells sweet corn its reviewers call the best around, plus sunflowers cut that morning, and Heffner Farms Farm Stand is the pumpkin and gourd stop, with corn one reviewer visits weekly for and flowers you cut yourself. Inside Reading proper, Super Natural Produce on North 12th Street is the stop for the prepared Latin food coming out of its deli.

More farm stand and market listings across the county live on our farm stands and markets category page, and for the markets and stands inside Reading, our guide to farm stands and markets in Reading covers the city on its own.

How we chose these farm markets.

We picked on standing: the places the county itself keeps naming, in its food map and press coverage, in the markets' own record, and in what people actually search for, weighed together with the customer review themes in our directory. Reviews filled in what each place is known for; they never gated the list. Nothing here is ranked, no money changed hands over any of it, and when one reviewer said a thing, we wrote it as one reviewer's word.

Frequently asked questions about farm markets in Berks County.

Are Berks County farm markets open year-round?

The indoor markets are the safe bet. Fairgrounds and Shillington both post Thursday through Saturday hours on their sites, Leesport has run year-round since 1947 per its history page, and West Reading stays out all winter, twice a month from December to April, per Visit West Reading. Farm stands are seasonal: one reviewer says an Oley stand closes for the winter and reopens the week before Mother's Day, and another says a Fleetwood farm market shuts down after November.

Do Berks County farm stands take cards, or should I bring cash?

It varies, so default to cash at the small stands. Reviewers widely note one Oley stand as cash only, and one reviewer says to bring cash to a Wernersville orchard; at Leesport, a pizza stand gets specific credit for taking cards in a market where cash is the norm. A Kutztown farm takes credit cards, and a Lenhartsville stand takes Venmo.

Where can I buy meat, eggs and dairy straight from a Berks County farm?

Plenty of places, and they specialize. Reviewers point to butcher counters and farm stores in Oley, Hamburg and Shoemakersville for pork, beef and scrapple; to a Wernersville farm for USDA certified organic milk, meat and eggs; to a Mohrsville farm for eggs and prepared pot pies; and to a Mohnton farm for halal goat, lamb and veal. Several deliver or take orders online.

Which Berks County farm markets are worth bringing kids to?

Several are built for it. Reviewers name the playground, goats and pick-your-own flower garden at Kirbyville, the playground behind Plum Creek, and the hayride, children's maze and pumpkins in Boyertown, and a Hamburg farm keeps a petting zoo. Weaver's Orchard runs story times on its 2026 calendar, per its site.

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