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Where to find pick-your-own (PYO) fruit and vegetable farms in Italy
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Pick-your-own farms in Italy

These pages list farms in Italia.  You may pick the fruit or vegetables yourself. Please use the feedback link if you want to tell your experience (good or bad) with a farm, ask a question, or comment on the website.  I'm always looking for more farms to add, so click on the suggest a farm link if you know of a farm that I haven't listed!  And if you have a farm and want to add it or correct the information, just click on Add My Farm.

Northern Italy

• Orto Didattico E Fattoria Di Animazione - beans, beets, broccoli, carrots, cucumbers, figs, flowers, grapes, herbs/spices, lavender, onions, peas, peppers, plums, strawberries, tomatoes, other vegetables, Other fruit or veg, Honey from hives on the farm, gift shop, farm animals, school tours
  Via Lorenzoni 15, Castelfiorentino, IT 50051. Phone: +39.3405630771. Fax: +39.(0)5710945. Email: ortididattici@etabetaonlus.org. Directions: From Florence: reach and follow highway FI-PI-LI until Empoli Ovest exit, then follow the direction boards for Siena. When you arrive in Cambiano a village which belongs to Castelfiorentino, turn on your left side in "Via (road) Lorenzoni" and follow it until the end. Ring at number 15, just at the end of the road, you can identify it easily because a black, low iron gate. If no one answer to you, try to call +39.3405630771. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available all year. Open: Monday to Friday 9am to 7pm.  We use natural practices, but are not yet certified Organic. Payment: Cash, only. Quince apples Cherries Eggs Radish Mead Honey Flower Pollen Mullberries Roses Myrtles. (ADDED: May 24, 2008)

Sicily

• Fattoria Vasadonna - Oranges, restrooms, concession stand (drinks, snacks and/or food), picnic area, farm animals
  Motta Sant'Anastasia, Catania, IT 95040. Phone: 0039-3492693854. Email: pickyourownsicily@gmail.com. Open: All days. But you need to reserve before.. Directions: See their website for directions. Payment: Cash, only. They produce Organic Sicilian Oranges (ADDED: January 17, 2012, suggested by a visitor)

Typical Harvest Dates in Italy, by Crop

• Artichokes: April and May
• Beans: August to October
• Beetroot: August to October
• Broad beans: April and May
• Broccoli: September to November and March to May
• Cardoons: September to March
• Carrots: September to November and March to May
• Cucumbers: July to September
• Figs: June and July, then September
• Flowers, Lavender: May to June
• Grapes: July to September
• Herbs: May to September
• Mulberries: May
• Peas: March to May;
• Peppers: July to September
• Plums: June and July, then September
• Strawberries: May
• Tomatoes: July to September