Langley farm stores that stay open into winter

The pumpkins are gone and the u-picks are shut, but a surprising amount of Langley food is still sold out of the farm it came from. Here is who is open, what they have, and the hours each one publishes. Everything below is from the farm’s own website; where a page looked old we’ve said so.

Turkey and the Christmas table

JD Farms Specialty Turkey, 24726 52 Avenue (248 Street at 52 Avenue). Monday to Saturday 9 to 6, Sunday 10 to 5, all year, closing only for New Year’s Day, Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving Monday, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. The family (Jack and Debbie Froese started it; their children run it now, more than thirty years on) says you don’t need to pre-order: fresh and frozen whole turkeys are stocked through December, and the store always has turkey roasts, parts, their own fresh and smoked sausages, deli slices and freezer meals like lasagna and meat pies. Prices are per pound on their purchasing page. There’s a bistro counter for lunch; hours for that aren’t published, so call 604-856-2431. More in our JD Farms review.

Beef, pork, bison and eggs

Central Park Farms, 225 216 Street (South Langley). The farm store and butcher counter are open every day: 10 to 6 Monday to Friday (to 7 on Wednesdays), 10 to 4 on weekends. Grass-fed beef and pastured pork from the farm, free-range chicken, eggs, local cheese and butter, sourdough, honey and ready-to-heat meals from the farm kitchen; dairy and vegetables can be pre-ordered. The front door has stairs; the south entrance is level with accessible parking. Family-run, and stop number one on this year’s Circle Farm Tour.

Academy Farms, 23480 40 Avenue. Bison, which is not something you’ll find at most farm gates: steaks, roasts, brisket, ribs and ground, plus buffalo milk, cheese, yogurt and soups, and in-season produce from other BC farms. Monday to Saturday 10 to 6. Worth knowing before you go: this is a registered non-profit, the farm arm of the John Volken Academy, not a family farm.

Waterhouse Farm, 21834 40 Avenue. A small store on a farm that has been in the same family since 1904, selling eggs from its own pastured hens, plus grass-fed steak, sausages and wildflower honey it sources locally. Thursday to Saturday 8 to 6, Sunday to Wednesday noon to 6 (hours posted October 5). No phone is published; email is on the site.

Bonetti Meats, 3986 248 Street. Not a farm, a butcher, but a family one that has been cutting meat in the Township for more than fifty years, and it sits on the same 248 Street farm run as JD Farms and Krause. Tuesday to Saturday 8 to 5, closed Sunday and Monday. Beef, pork, lamb, poultry, house sausages, bacon and hams, and the Italian side: lasagna and sauces. Our page on the shop.

Cheese, while it lasts

Milner Valley Cheese, 21479 Smith Crescent. A sixth-generation family farm and goat dairy, with a farmgate shop in the Smith heritage house selling its chèvre, feta and Milner Jack, goat-milk soap and lamb. Tuesday to Saturday 10 to 5 from April through December, then closed for January, February and March. If you want their cheese on a holiday board, December is the month. The farm is still listed on this year’s Circle Farm Tour; its own hours page doesn’t carry a date, so ring 604-880-8184 before a long drive.

Pie, preserves and the new store on 72 Avenue

Krause Berry Farms & Estate Winery, 6179 248 Street. Family-owned since 1974 and open year-round on seasonal hours: right now the farm market, bakery and winery are Wednesday to Sunday, 9:30 to 5, closed Monday, Tuesday and holidays, with the waffle bar running to 3:30. The site is upfront that baking is limited from January through May and that holiday hours and early closures go up on their social accounts first. One date to know: Christmas at the Farm, an after-hours shopping evening on Saturday, November 7, 6 to 9 pm, ticketed, with proceeds to Colorectal Cancer Canada. Our fall visit covers the crowds.

Krause Farm Store & Café, 23823 72 Avenue. This is the news of the year on the farm-stand front. The 72 Avenue market that generations of Langley knew as Driediger Farms is now leased and run by Krause, after the Driediger family sold its last parcel and ended the u-pick at the close of 2025. Krause calls it a year-round store: fresh baking, pies, their preserves and syrups, seasonal produce, grocery, plants and a coffee bar. Hours are odd, so read them twice: Monday and Tuesday 9:30 to 5, closed Wednesday and Thursday, Friday to Sunday 9:30 to 5.

Markets, not farm gates

Ralph’s Farm Market, 22728 Fraser Highway, Murrayville. Family-owned since 1982, an 11,000-square-foot year-round market with produce, a deli, a bakery and a meat counter, with the family’s own blueberries and corn in summer. Their hours page says 8 am to 8 pm daily, but it hasn’t been updated in a while, so take that as a guide.

Fort Langley Village Farmers’ Market, 9025 Glover Road. Saturdays 9 to 3 on the St. Andrew’s grounds, from April 18 to December 5 this year. After that there is no winter market in Langley that we could find; if one starts, it will be on our events page.

Before you drive out

• The 248 Street run (Bonetti at 3986, JD Farms at 52 Avenue, Krause at 6179) is one trip. Add Milner Valley Cheese on the way home if it’s before New Year’s.
• Most of these are working farms on rural roads with no sidewalks; park where the signs say, not on the shoulder.
• Nothing here paid to be listed and nobody sent us anything. If a farm store is missing, or a farm you know sells apples or squash at the gate in winter, tell us.