Cloverfield Organic Farm

This place is great. The farm was beautiful, everyone was friendly and it was a relief not to have to drive all the way out to Brentwood past Concord to find a place like this. I picked all the sour pie cherries they had left off their Morello cherry tree and hope to go back in winter to pick guavas. Great place for kids.The highlight of going was that Michael gave me a "taste tour" through a patch of herbs they're growing- chocolate mint, sheep sorrel (supposedly helps suppress cancer if you drink it daily as a tea), intensely flavorful fresh oregano, mallow leaf from which they make marshmallows, wormwood which treats malaria and is used in alcoholic drinks, nasturtium, and many, many others. Haven't been to other Bay Area farms so cannot make comparisons, but it was a great trip.

I called to ask if it was a good time to pick apples and multiple people audibly laughed. They said if I liked them tiny and tart it would be, in a very sarcastic tone. So then I asked when a good time would be and they said FALL (it's Oct 5)...before I could ask them to clarify when that time frame would be according to them since I don't have an agricultural background they rudely hung up on me. 10/10 would NOT recommend and I will be telling the large group I was going to bring the same. Horrible customer service.

Don't blink or you will miss the little sign out front. Down a short slightly bumpy road culminating at a parking area in a grassy lot. U-Pick ahoy. And a short 20 minutes north of Berkeley on I-80. I wondered how they are able to have so much growing there in such a small space but believe me they do it. As we Walked up to the area that seems to be the entrance there was a table set up with an arrangement of baskets for you to take on your adventure. We were greeted by a very sweet lady named Susan Truscott ... the owner. She seems to be the energy source for everything that grows there. Big smile and bright eyes. She explained the system and that we were to bring our basket back and we would be charged by the basket. After getting our marching orders, we wandered off to say hello to the horse in the back before we began our adventure in the area where they actually grow the vegetables as opposed to the fruit orchard.When we came up front walking into that garden was an amazing experience because half of the stuff that they had in there I had no idea what I was looking at. Fortunately for my wife and I we had the very pleasant opportunity to meet Lucia Perez Loera. Somehow, she became our personal guide wandering through this magical garden. She was bright cheerful and uplifting and made everything seem fun and had a sampling things that I had never seen before or even realized that you could eat. What a wonderful individual, she is also their Internet guru. She deals with everything that's Instagram and Facebook. Be sure to go online and friend them in both places so they can hear your story and encourage other people to support this wonderful business.As she let us deep into this garden to point out there's wonderful edible flowers and edible plants and herbs and I was just printing my toe for one but we kept stuffing our little basket because we knew we would come home and hungrily attack it. As we went along, we got nice little stories from Lucia, and she never ran out of smiles. Being Snoopy I made my way over to the Herb shed where they dry out all their herbs and seldom at farmer's markets in different places. You go in and as this collection of smells in these bags full of wonderful fresh herbs W they dry naturally in this small garden hut that they built for drying. And they had literally hundreds of items ready to go. And the person that was standing there taking care of it all it seemed was Yasmin Gomes. Yes, you guessed it she was also one of the happy people too, it's in the water I think. She explained the process of drying and allowed me to open and smell and taste the herbs and told me if I wanted to buy some it was all for sale. How nice to see all of that.I forgot to mention Michael. He's the veteran here. Since 2014 he's one of the farmers there and he's the 1st person that I had contact with when I called about a month ago about coming down with my daughter. He was warm and inviting and explained the seasons to me and where to look on the Internet to find a list of the seasons and what's growing and the best times to come down and so on. I was glad I had a chance to finally meet him.Let's not forget to mention the other hardworking farmers that are there who would be Tomas, and Ada. Everyone that worked there was busy, believe me. They all had their jobs and nobody needed to tell them what to do because they were busy already doing it. But they all of them were happy in their work. It was a beautiful warm Sunny day I had wonderful taste treats while I was there and plenty that I bought to take home. I would recommend that this is a place that you can actually bring your family. It's totally kid friendly. Bravo Team Cloverfield you will see us come back again. LOL. They obviously haven't told anyone but Disneyland is now not the ONLY happiest place on Earth.

A fun experience for any group, family, or individual!Came here with a group or 25+ folks for a club retreat, and the staff at Cloverfield Farm went above and beyond. Their intimate but mighty farm seems to have a little bit of everything, and is truly a great experience.Michael was an absolute joy to talk to, and taught each of our members lots! From honey to squash to dried tea leaves, this farm has plenty of options for you and is a great way to spend some time outside on the weekends. There is plenty of parking and the staff are very kind. Magic Ben was also a joy to talk to. He's the horse they have on the farm, and is very friendly, but will try to eat your apples! If you're looking for large amounts of produce similar to those that you might find in inner California such as Brentwood, this might not be the place for you as the size of the produce is generally smaller due to the farm being organic and a smaller scale area (4 acres). However, if you love plants, are looking to learn and ready to hear stories, this is the perfect spot for you.

What a wonderful day spent picking organics from this little farm tucked away in the middle of the city. Sure I could have gone to a farmers market but it was way more fun going out with family for the day and harvesting our own fruits, vegetables and herbs in the sunshine. It's pretty simple, check their online calendar for available produce, pick up a basket and clippers when you get there and go for it! They even have honey and olive oil for tasting and purchase. They charge by the bushel and you can pay via Venmo. There's a beautiful Appalachian horse named Gentle Ben there who roams around. You can pet him, take a picture with him and feed him apples. This was a real treat for my granddaughter. We'll definitely be back for the various season's pickings.

Not many things to pickThere was a horse there just walking aroundAnd the horse stepped on my toe and broke my nail

This is a family run farm, people there are insanely nice and friendly. However they barely had anything- no apples, pomegranates, etc as advertised on their website. If you're looking for spices and herbs, you'll get some stuff, but if you're looking for u pick of the larger fruit things they advertise, you'll be disappointed. Granted how hard it is to plant and run a family farm I feel really bad posting this but at the same time, we were so disappointed after driving out there for 4 hr round trip and so don't want anything else in same situation.

The people there were nice, and you get a tasting tour of different flowers and herbs. Nice garden and orchard to walk around... but there was no ripe fruit to pick. We were told on the phone that there was lots of fruit but in reality there was no ripe fruit on the trees within reach. It's a nice experience for a little bit but don't expect to come home with any fruit. The best you can get is some herbs or leafy greens.

He was so condescending and was making fun of and commenting on my group's clothes the entire time. We were told that there would be apples to pick yet when asked when we got there, again we were expecting an apple orchard because that was advertised, he said that 50 paying customers came and took them all the day before. Very condescending and rude the entire time. Making unnecessary comments to me like 'where'd you come from? Church?' Terrible experience.

Had a miserable experience here with friends today. We were hoping to be able to have a u-pick experience without driving a long way, but this just doesn't fit the bill.The growing area is chaotic and wild with no real paths. The blackberry bushes are obvious: they're around all the edges of the parking lot, the garden enclosure, etc. They're fine but harder to pick from than at a more organized berry farm. The fruit trees are dotted around the hillside, and there's typically only one of each. This is all all right on its own, but it means that it's hard to know which way to go or whether you're missing anything.After we arrived, we were treated to a long tour of the vegetable garden, which was okay if filled with some highly dubious information (like mugwort being the default and primary flavoring for tonic water). However, we were there for fruit, so I asked what was ripe and was told to slow down, relax, and explore in a highly condescending manner. "There are sooo many things to discover. Try them and see if you like them." I eat a lot of exotic fruit. I already know if I like things. I just needed to know what was actually growing on the farm.Again, there is NO WAY TO KNOW what's there without being told because it's fairly chaotic. You could huff and puff up the hill and not be sure if you'd actually seen all the ripe fruit.There are no paths, and it was hot out. I wanted to make a plan, so I asked again. Again, one of the owners refused POINT BLANK to answer this most basic of u-pick questions: what fruit is actually ready today?~Relax! Slow down! It's an experience!~Read the room, you mansplaining jackass.I asked another employee who had no idea and could not answer. Finally, I found a third employee who was able to tell me that three types of plums and the blackberries were available. (The blackberries weren't actually ripe though.) I'm not a huge fan of plums. If I'd just been told that in the first place, I could have left an hour earlier and a lot less sweaty and pissed off.There's nothing relaxing about being lied and condescended to.This isn't "enthusiasm" and accidentally coming on too strong for your visitors: this is being a pill on purpose after being repeatedly asked a simple question. It's not type-A to want to not bake in the sun while searching for something that isn't there.That other woman reviewer was right and, frankly, no woman should bother going near this place. Don't try to spin this. That behavior was unacceptable and no amount of "I'm sorry we care sooo much" will make it less so.