Prairie Fruit Growers Association

07/22/2026

🍓 Your weekly berry guide is here

Strawberry season is wrapping up, raspberries and cherries are taking over, and saskatoons are still going strong.

Swipe for who’s picking this week across Manitoba 👉

Save this post for your weekend plans, and tag your picking crew 🧺 Hours change daily: always check the farm’s page before heading out and our website pfga.com



🍓 STRAWBERRIES — FINAL DAYS

Berry Time Farm
Cormier's Berry Patch
Blessing at the Creek
Friedensfeld Honey & Berry Farm(waffles too!)
Mini Acre Farms
Rosewell Farms
Stephenfield Strawberry Farm
T&T Strawberries
Plainview Berries
Olde Cramb Farm (by appointment)

🫐 RASPBERRIES ARE HERE

Ahead of the Curve Berry Farm
Boonstra Farms
Prairie Grove Acres
Star Berry Patch
Scott Creek Berry Farm
Sweet Berry Acres
Prairie Adventure Farm
Friedensfeld Honey & Berry Farm
Plainview Berries

🍒 SOUR CHERRIES

Riverbend Orchards
Futura Farms
Prairie Adventure Farm
Blessing at the Creek

🫐 SASKATOONS & HASKAPS

Gibson Farm (book online)
Little Blue House Berry Farm
Millshof
Pic-N-Pay Lockport Berries
Riverbend Orchards
Plainview Berries

🫐 Haskaps:

Honeyberry Farms
Oak Knoll

🫐 Frozen saskatoons:

The Purple Berry Orchard

🌽 COMING SOON

Sunflowers — Stoney Acre Farms
Sweet corn — Mini Acre Farms
Tree fruit — Olde Cramb Farm
Orchard fruit — Riverbend Orchards

🧺 AT THE MARKET
D&M Farms — Winkler Farmers Market
Oak Knoll — Pineridge Hollow (Sat & Sun)

💛 CLOSED FOR THE SEASON — THANK YOU!

Coulee Ridge Farms • Homestead Harvest
Jefferies Berry Patch • Livingston Family Farms
Lost Creek Acres • M&E Strawberries
NW27 Farms • RJW Acres
Whiteshell Strawberry Farm • Basswood Berries • Berry Shack Farm

See you next summer 🌱
Always check farm pages before heading out!

07/21/2026

Raspberry season AND sour cherry season are on right now. 🍒

Our member farms have you covered.

🍇 RASPBERRIES:
- Ahead of the Curve Berry Farm
- Blessings at the Creek
- Boonstra Farms - Gibson Farm
- Homestead Harvest
- Plainview Berries
- Prairie Adventure Farm
- Prairie Grove Acres
- Scott Creek Berry Farm
- Star Berry Patch

🍒 SOUR CHERRIES:
- Blessings at the Creek
- Prairie Adventure Farm
- Riverbend Orchards

Hours + directions + what’s ripe → all on our farm finder. 👉 http://pfga.com/farms/

07/20/2026

07/17/2026

Here’s who’s picking this weekend, starting today! 🍓

FRIDAY, JULY 17
🍓 Cormier's Berry Patch — 7am to 7pm, $22/4L, cash only
🍓 Coulee Ridge Farms — 8am to 2pm, last day for pre-pick this season
🍓 Friedensfeld Honey & Berry Farm — open
🍓 Plainview Berries — 8am to 8pm, Gilbert Plains, cash only
🍓 RJW Acres/ U pick Strawberries — open from 7:30am, field is wet
🍓 NW27 Farms — open from 8am, u-pick only. This may be their last day of the 2026 season
🍓 Berry Shack Farm — 8am to 11am
🍇 Prairie Grove Acres — 8am to 1pm, raspberries
🍇 Star Berry Patch — 8am to 6pm, raspberries, opening day
🫐 The Purple Berry Orchard — 8am to 2pm
🫐 Riverbend Orchards — 8am to 6pm, u-pick and prepicked saskatoons and frozen haskap

SATURDAY, JULY 18
🍓 Cormier's Berry Patch — 7am to 3pm
🍓 Berry Time Farm — open, fields are wet so wear proper footwear
🍓 Coulee Ridge Farms — 8am to 2pm, u-pick only
🍓 Friedensfeld Honey & Berry Farm — open (and back Monday the 20th)
🫐 The Purple Berry Orchard — 8am to 2pm
🫐 Honeyberry Farms — 8am to 2pm, haskaps $10/lb
🫐 Riverbend Orchards — 8am to 6pm, u-pick and prepicked saskatoons and frozen haskap

SUNDAY, JULY 19
🍓 Coulee Ridge Farms — 8am to 2pm
🫐 The Purple Berry Orchard— 8am to 2pm
🫐 Honeyberry Farms — 8am to 2pm

A few notes from the field: we had a lot of rain this week, so boots or old shoes are the move almost everywhere. Bug spray too. Several farms are also nearing the end of their season, so if strawberries are on your list, this may be one of your last chances.

One rule above all: check the farm’s page before you drive out. Conditions change by the hour out here, and the growers post updates as fast as they can.

Find every member farm at pfga.com

07/16/2026

DON’T MISS OUT IN 2026 The haskap might be the most underrated berry on the prairies. 🫐

It’s the first berry off the fields each summer, and researchers keep finding reasons to pay attention to it:

💜 Antioxidants — that deep purple colour comes from anthocyanins, plant pigments studied for easing inflammation and oxidative stress.

🫀 Heart health — early research links haskap’s main pigment, C3G, to healthy blood pressure by helping blood vessels relax.

🧠 Memory — in small pilot studies, older adults recalled more words shortly after a haskap dose. The research is still early, and most studies used concentrated doses.

But it’s a good reminder that this tangy little berry is worth a spot in your basket. Ripe right now on member farms.

Tap the link in our bio to find one near you.

07/13/2026

So you braved the heat to pick your haskaps, what to do with those delicious little jewels?
- Store your berry haul in the fridge.
- We recommend shallow containers, or not piling too many haskaps on top of each other.
- Do not rinse your haskaps before storing.
You may notice haskaps have a waxy appearance to them. This is their natural protective barrier they develop to hold in moisture and keep pests out. Haskaps are perfectly safe to eat as is, but a quick rinse of produce is always recommended.
-Haskaps are a fantastic berry to freeze for longer storage, but also perfect to jams, pies, muffins, syrups, bbq sauce.... the possibilities are endless. Please check our feed for recipe ideas.

07/10/2026

It's shaping up to be a beautiful berry-picking weekend on the prairies. 🫐🍓

Strawberries are ripe, and haskaps are hitting their peak, and many of our member farms are open Saturday, July 11. Here's who's confirmed so far:

🍓 Strawberries (Saturday)
Cormier's Berry Patch, 7am–1pm
Berry Time Farm, 7am–4pm
D&M Farms 8am-11am
NW27 Farms 8am–4pm
RJW Acres/ U pick Strawberries 7:30am–noon
Coulee Ridge Farms 8–11am
Berry Shack Farm 8am–11am
Friedensfeld Honey & Berry Farm 7am-7pm

🫐 Haskaps
Honeyberry Farms Saturday and Sunday, 8am-3pm
Riverbend Orchards Friday and Saturday, 8am-6pm
Homestead Harvest Friday and Saturday

A few things to know before you go: picking hours are weather- and supply-dependent and can change quickly, so always check the farm's page first. Many farms are cash only, so bring some along. Most openings are on Saturday, with limited Sunday picking.

For the full list of member farms and the latest updates, visit pfga.com.

Support local, and happy picking! 🍓

07/08/2026

All of our farmers want to provide the best experience for their customers possible, and that’s why we keep you updated!

This has been a wildly variable growing season. Cloudy stretches have slowed down ripening timelines at some farms, which means picking days can shift with very little notice.

Before you head out, please check our page and your farm’s social media for the latest hours. Farmers are updating as fast as they can, but conditions can change day to day.

Thanks for your flexibility this season, and for supporting the farms working hard to bring you fresh prairie fruit no matter what the weather does.

07/07/2026

This season has thrown a lot at our growers, cancelled picking days, slow ripening, unpredictable stretches of cloud. And through all of it, our farmers have been out there every day doing everything they can to bring you the best prairie fruit possible.

Growing food isn’t a 9 to 5. It’s early mornings, long days, and constantly adjusting to whatever the sky decides to do. So next time picking hours shift, remember there’s a farmer out there working twice as hard to make it happen anyway.

Take a moment to appreciate the people who grow what you eat. They’ve earned it this year more than most.