Self-serve stands, porch bakeries and a brand-new farm stand on 186th Street have turned weekend drives through Jupiter Farms into a bakery crawl this fall. Here is where to stop, and what to know before you go.
Drive through Jupiter Farms on a Saturday morning this fall and you will start to notice them: a white hutch under an umbrella on 186th Street, a bread rack by a front door on 159th, a new marketplace inside a nursery on Jupiter Farms Road. The Farms has always had farm stores, but the last few weeks have brought a wave of small, family-run stands, most of them self-serve, most of them announced a few days at a time in the Jupiter Farms Facebook group, and most of them sold out by afternoon.
It is, in the best way, a very Jupiter Farms trend: no storefronts, no apps, just good bread, local honey and an honor box.
The new one: Kavanah Farm Stand
The stand that kicked off the current wave opened on Saturday, November 1, at 12389 186th Street N, on the north side of the Farms. Kavanah Farm Stand is self-serve, open Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. to sundown, and its opening post in the Jupiter Farms group drew 80 reactions and 20 comments, a big number for that group.
The lineup is fall through and through: local raw honey, beeswax candles, sourdough and focaccia bread, apple strudel muffins, pumpkin spice cookies, fall simmer pot packs and handmade watercolor cards. It was back the following weekend, November 7 and 8, with the same hours, so for now the pattern is simple: weekends, 8 to sundown, and go early.
The porch bakery: Seaside Sourdough
A few miles south, Seaside Sourdough has turned a front porch into a micro bakery. Danielle and her daughters bake small-batch, naturally leavened loaves, bagels and treats at 13175 159th Street N, with a porch stand that was open on November 1 and again on November 8, when a neighbor's post in the group noted loaves and treats still available that day, plus a new website for preorders.
On its own site, Seaside lists porch hours of Friday 2 to 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., with preorders online and delivery around Palm Beach County and Hobe Sound. It is the most established of the new stands, and the one to order ahead from if you want a specific loaf to actually be there when you arrive.
The one coming: Three Little Birds Farmstand
Three Little Birds Farmstand is a family-run Jupiter Farms startup that announced itself in October with a plan locals will recognize: the physical farmstand is still coming soon, so for now it is weekend preorders of homemade baked goods and sweet treats, with local pickup and free delivery within Jupiter Farms. Orders are through its Hotplate page, and the family says the long-term dream is a stand full of baked goods, homemade seasonings, jams and handmade items, including a slime collection made by their daughter. Watch this one: if the stand itself opens, it will be the next new stop on the route.
The marketplace: Fern & Flour at Jupiter Oasis
The biggest of the new stops is not a porch at all. Jupiter Oasis Gardens & Nursery opened September 3 at 17035 Jupiter Farms Road, and inside it is the Fern & Flour Marketplace, a farm-stand marketplace stocked with baked goods from Fern & Flour, a cottage bakery run by the owners' daughter. It is a good anchor for a Farms drive: nursery, marketplace and baked goods in one stop, with regular hours instead of a pop-up schedule.
And the stand on Mellen
Not every stand has a name, a website or a schedule. In October, a post in the group pointed neighbors to a wife's farm stand at 169th and Mellen stocked with cinnamon rolls, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin chocolate chip loaf, banana bread and Oreo white chocolate peanut butter cookies. That is the charm and the catch of this whole scene in one post: some of these stands exist mostly as a Facebook post and a Saturday morning. If you see the post that week, you go. If you don't, you miss the cinnamon rolls.
The old guard
None of this replaces the Farms' established farm stops. Jupiter Creamery, at 18591 131st Trail N, has run a farm store for years alongside its nonprofit farm, selling its own raw milk, pasture-raised eggs, honey, jams and more, and hosting pizza and market nights on the farm. And the Rise Farm Stand, run by students to support the nonprofit Rise Up Kids Florida and Rise Academy, has sold student-made goods on Saturday mornings. The new stands are smaller and more personal, but they are growing out of the same soil, sometimes literally.
Before you go
A few practical notes, because these are not grocery stores:
- Check before you drive. Hours and menus are posted week to week, mostly in the Jupiter Farms Facebook group and on each stand's social pages. Kavanah and Seaside both posted fresh updates for the November 7-8 weekend.
- Go early. Small batches are the point, and the popular loaves and muffins go first.
- Bring payment options. The self-serve stands take cash in a drop box, and most also take Venmo or Zelle. There is no cashier, which is exactly how the Farms likes it.
- Expect fall flavors while they last. Pumpkin, apple and simmer pots are November's lineup. The menus will turn with the season, and at least one stand on this list is already taking Thanksgiving preorders through its bakery neighbors.
Know a stand we missed? Jupiter Farms is big, and half of these have no sign you can see from Indiantown Road. Tell us in the comments and we will add it to the list.
Find them
- Kavanah Farm Stand (12389 186th St N) — Instagram @kavanahfarmstand
- Seaside Sourdough (13175 159th St N) — seasidesourdough.net · preorder on Hotplate
- Three Little Birds Farmstand — preorder on Hotplate
- Fern & Flour at Jupiter Oasis (17035 Jupiter Farms Rd) — Fern & Flour at Jupiter Oasis · Instagram @jupiteroasisnursery
- Jupiter Creamery (18591 131st Trail N) — jupitercreamery.com
- Rise Farm Stand — stand tour video · Instagram @riseacademyflorida
Reporting note: Stand details, addresses and hours in this story come from the stands' own posts in the Jupiter Farms Area Residents group, their own websites and social pages in October and early November 2026. Hours and offerings change week to week; check the stand's latest post before visiting.
