Domitila Tapia, Certified Organic Strawberry Farmer, Mimi’s Organic Farm – Photo by Adam Perez
Under federal organic standards (7 CFR § 205.204), organic producers must use organic seeds, annual seedlings, and planting stock whenever commercially available. Nonorganic seeds and planting stock may only be used if equivalent organic varieties are not commercially available.
Historically, sourcing certified organic strawberry starts has been a challenge, but organic options are now available. Below is a list of CCOF-certified operations offering organic strawberry starts for the 2025 season:
Innovative Organic Nursery (ION), Watsonville, California
ION offers starts for strawberry varieties Albion, Cabrillo, Chandler, Fronteras, Monterey, San Andreas, and Seascape. They are now accepting preorders for fall 2025, with special early-bird pricing available through March 31. Shipping will begin in October 2025 or can be held in cold storage for planting through April 2026. ION also has 2024 organic strawberry and raspberry nursery stock available for planting this spring. Strawberry cultivars include the varieties listed above, plus Denali. Raspberry cultivars include Yellow Jewel and Ruby Jewel.
Contact ION at innovativeorganicnursery@gmail.com or visit https://innovativeorganicnursery.com/ for more information.
Peaceful Valley / GrowOrganic.com
Founded by Amigo Bob Cantisano in Grass Valley in 1976, Peaceful Valley’s (the original organic farm store) online retail store offers certified organic strawberry starts. They currently offer the following varieties in boxes of 1,000 strawberry starts: Cabrillo, Chandler, Fronteras, and Seascape. For the home gardener, they offer organic Triple Crown thornless blackberry in a 1-gallon container.
Check out their inventory and order through their website: https://www.groworganic.com/collections/strawberry-plants.
Harmony Farm Supply and Nursery
Offers 6-packs of organic strawberry crowns for the home gardener. When available, they can be purchased at Harmony’s retail locations in Sebastopol, Petaluma, and Fulton, California.
Visit https://harmonyfarm.com/contact-us/ for more information.
If you produce organic strawberry starts for sale but this is not yet reflected on your CCOF Client Profile, please submit an Organic System Plan update to CCOF at inbox@ccof.org so we can include you in our listings.
