Calareso's Farm Stand & Garden Center — Attraction in Reading

Not really a farm stand. None of the produce is grown here or even locally. Most of it is from the produce market in Chelsea like supermarkets in the area. They have a small table with so-called organic items, but all are prepackaged supermarket products. It's useful locally if you don't want to deal with going to a supermarket and they have the usual Dom's marinated meats. But don't fool yourself into believing you are shopping at a farm. If you want local and organic go to an actual farm like Farmer Dave's in Dracut or East Street Farm...

This is a wonderful alternative to the typical supermarket shopping options. Produce is very fresh and very high quality, plus there is enough options with meats, dairy and a few baked goods to make a yummy meal for everyone. Their flower selection outside is also very good but small.

Two things that keep this from a five star review is 1) deserts and baked goods have very few options and 2) there aren't that many "local farm" items and I would love to see more of New England farms being present here.

Overall its a great...

Today was my first time at Calareso’s Farm and it was a great decision to give a visit! There is plenty of parking, easy to access the lot by car.

They had a HUGE selection of pumpkins and all of them were beautiful. The inside of the store is well laid out, filled either very healthy fruits, vegetables and other products at good prices. It is also worth trying out their apple cider donuts because they are amazing! I highly recommend coming here, I had a pleasant experience. I will...