Fresh Fruit & Bog Tours
Your one-stop shop for all things cranberry harvest.
Cranberry harvest is entirely weather dependent and takes place yearly from mid-September to early November, with the majority happening during the month of October.
Bog Tours
Some of our member farms offer tours year round, while others specialize in harvest experiences. Please visit our directory of local farms offering tours to find a business that can fill your tour needs.
Directory of Local Farms Offering Tours
Fresh Cranberries
Fresh cranberries are typically available in retail stores nationwide from September through January. Massachusetts cranberry harvest usually takes place in October, which is the best time to visit a nearby farm to procure fresh cranberries.
Local farms selling fresh cranberries
Please contact these companies directly to see if their offerings suit your needs.
- A.D. Makepeace Company, Wareham, MA
- Annie's Crannies, Dennis, MA
- Benson's Pond, Middleboro, MA
- Cape Cod Cranberry Bog Tours, East Sandwich, MA
- Chamberlain Farm Berkley, MA
- Edgewood Bogs & Cape Cod Select, Carver, MA
- Fresh Meadows, Carver, MA
- Hall's Cape Cod Cranberries, North Harwich, MA
- Hartley Family Farm, Rochester, MA
- Red Meadow, Carver, MA
Local shops selling fresh cranberries
In addition to larger retail chains (Whole Foods, Shaws, Stop & Shop, Market Basket), these local retailers sell Massachusetts cranberries.
- Coastal Foodshed, New Bedford, MA (Selling cranberries from Benson's Pond, Middleboro)
- The King Farm, South Dartmouth, MA (Selling cranberries from Benson's Pond, Middleboro)
- Makepeace Farms, Wareham, MA
- Marion General Store, Marion, MA (Selling cranberries from Bartholomew Family Bogs, Marion)
Cranberry Impact
Cranberries are native only to North America and southeastern Massachusetts is the birthplace of the commercial cranberry industry.
Cranberries are the No. 1 food crop in Massachusetts. The industry supports nearly 6,400 jobs and contributes an economic impact of $1.7 billion annually.
Cranberry growers farm more than 11,500 acres of cranberry bogs in southeastern Massachusetts. With 3-5 acres of support land for every acre of active bog, the cranberry industry protects 60,000 acres of open space.
Learn what's happening on cranberry farms this time of year:
Fall is all about cranberry harvest, with 95% of the crop picked by the end of October. After harvest, the bogs begin to go dormant and growers start their off-season maintenance program including cleaning ditches, pruning vines, repairing flumes and dams.