Smith’s Farms

Love this farm stand! Reasonably priced, the fruits and vegetables are very nice. We bought peaches there on Saturday and they were delicious! The peaches actually tasted like a peach, unlike anything you find in a supermarket. The grape tomatoes are so sweet and the okra — wow, it was fresh and the tip wasn’t «bendie». If you’re an okra fan, you will know what I mean.

everyone m needs to come here!!! let’s put ralphs out of business by going fresh again!!!

Fresh, local, mostly organic fruits and veggies… why did I wait so long to finally check this place out? It’s maybe ¼ of a mile from where I live. So I will definetly be back!
For about $ 21, I picked up — asparagus, two avocados, three apples, celery, a cucumber, a bag of carrots, a bag of mushrooms, two lemons, a jicama, four bananas, four red potatoes, two artichokes, and a butternut squash. I felt they were all better priced than the local market and even the farmers market I go to on Sundays. The celery was a deeper green than you will find in stores. Over all I’m super happy with my experience and food items.

I usually try to get my produce from Whole Foods or the Great Park Farmer’s market on Sundays but from now on when I need fresh produce — Smith’s is my 1^st place to go — everything tastes great and when they don’t have what you need in the market — ask and they might have it in the garden and go pull it for you, as they did when I asked about mint the other day. I spent $ 18 and got 3 big bags full of the best fruits/​veggies and herbs you could ask for!

Saw posted sign in front of Smith Farms about super sweet organic strawberries. Stopped by this weekend and bought some. They indeed have the BEST strawberries — very fresh, juicy and sweet.

Smith Farms is a diamond in the rough. The Smith family truly believes in providing the most incredible fruits and vegetables in all of Southern California.
I have been making canned goods, including jams, jellies, pickles, antipasto relish, and all things creative because Smith Farms provides me with the best of everything.
Natalie Vishny

If you want to eat fresh fruits and veggies not that wax coated, pesticide laden stuff you find at the supermarket, then this is the place! Their prices are very reasonable and most of it is grown right next to the stand! They are always cheerful and helpful so if you have a question just ask! There is a Certified Organic farm right in the middle of Irvine. If you care about what you put into your body, come to Smith’s Farms and taste the difference!

I didn’t have the $$ to buy a lot here, nor the time to really shop around, but what I did find this weekend REALLY made me want to come back for more.
Came here looking for fresh LIMES for my margaritas and tequila shots, and they did NOT disappoint. The had large limes that had the distinct feeling and taste of being freshly picked. And they were quite lovely to behold and decorate with. Limes of this quality and size are MUCH more expensive at the supermarkets. We enjoyed good limes in our drinks that evening, and they were the start of good conversations.
Next time I am in the OC I will go out of my way to come here and sample more of the produce here, and see if my luck still holds!

This was my first time at Smith’s…prices are better than trader joes but the selection was poor… was expecting more variety of produce… but still whatever they had was of good quality…

Love supporting local growers when available.
Strawberries are fabulous!
Great prices, decent selection.

I support Smiths !!
Recently, we started going green, well as much as we can. That would entail buying local, BYOB, saving fuel, eating organic…
This is the Certified Organic farm from where I live. so we end up buying most of our fresh produce from here. They have decent stuff. Most stuff is fresh. I try to go on a tuesday or a friday, because that’s when they seem to have the freshest stock come in. And I don’t know what other Unilocalers mean when they say they don’t carry organic. There is a clear division and everything is labelled.
I would say buying from here in summers may not be a good idea because the place is not temperature controlled. But, then again that’s the point of a farmers market. And certainly helps people like me who want to go green… buying from a low carbon footprint shop.
I would highly recommend everyone support their local farm. Following some simple green rules will make our life a whole lot better. We in Irvine, are lucky to have access to freshly grown organic produce… make it worth it.

I love this place.
The people who work there are so friendly ~ I felt like a lame duck asking about the difference in «this» organic lettuce versus «that» and the woman working showed me all of the items that are grown on site and what is brought in from various places. I got a good, quick lesson.
The red leaf lettuce grown on site sells for $ 2.99. This is about a dollar more than at the store, BUT it is such a HUGE head and SO fresh that it has lasted us for 2 weeks with no signs of wilting!
Generally, we don’t get a TON of stuff here and it’s best to go earlier in the day as they don’t have an abundance of some things (like lettuce and strawberries). We get avocados, grapes, strawberries, tomatoes and lettuce and typically spend under $ 8.

I am a Chef here in Irvine and I support this stand, sure everything today has a price if your a quality and not quantity shopper, however you will not find the quality of fruit and vegetables as you would here at Smith’s stand, I use them in all my recipes and online products, as well I use their produce in my restaurants.
So I rate this place with 5 stars, they are kind, friendly people and as long as you ask they always let you test drive before you buy.
BTW. Use hand sanitizer often when handling the fruit and veggies it’s good for you the product and the person who will eat it if you don’t buy it!
Thanks,
Chef Joe Romano
Irvine, CA

Awesome local fruit and vegetable stand with great selection and prices!

Oh man, I’m just crazy about this place!

Great selection of organic produce and delicious strawberries. I live right around the corner and it beats any supermarket produce.

This corner stand is right in the middle of what is left of the strawberry fields in the northern part of Irvine. But for the recent housing downturn, all of the remaining fields would have surely been plowed over, under, and built on by now.
It’s like having a mini Farmers market at your disposal every day. The size of the stand is not much different than what your local supermarket may have but the variety and freshness is superior. It’s not all organic but they do stock a fair amount of the naturally grown stuff.
The prices are good but not great and as with all produce it’s seasonal so some items and selection are better at certain times of the year. Of note, I would not go right after a car wash either as the parking lot is unpaved and can be dusty and there isn’t any street parking.
It’s a nice bit of a rural feel just minutes from the bustling 5 fwy and a great place to get your fruits and veggies without going to the market or waiting for the farmers market to come around.

The strawberries are good.
Buyer BEWARE… even though it’s a fruit stand, not everything is organic and not everything is grown locally. Some of the produce are from South America, which I don’t understand.

How cool is it to go to a farm stand like you’d see on a country road, only this one is in the middle of Irvine! I made a quick detour here tonight on the way to meet up with my running club. I got three peaches, two ears of corn, and two overflowing baskets of organic cherry tomatoes, one red and one orange, all for $ 6.
We ate the corn tonight, and it was excellent. I used the tomatoes for a tomato and basil salad. Very refreshing in this hot weather!
I might not come here on a regular basis, but if I’m in the neighborhood, I’ll stop by and see what looks good.

They say they are a Certified Organic Farm so their produce is all organic. Or so one would think! ]I purchased some fruit from here and they had a sticker on it with a 4-​digit code starting with the number 4. Well, this labeling means that the produce was grown the conventional way and not organically. Organic stuff starts with the number 5.
There is quite a nice selection of veggies, but the fruits were just so so. The strawberries were no where like those from Tanaka Farms and they don’t sell it by the basket, but only by the 3 basket trays.
Staff are kind of aloof.
Had to take a star off for false advertising.