Introducing… Our NEW location!

Don’t worry, we’re still on OMP but we have grown so much over the last few years (because of YOU) that we have been able to purchase a larger location! Our new Green Market allows for better ingress and egress and even more space for us to stock with all your favorite fruits & veggies and MORE! Stop by today to check out the new digs located on the corner of Gray and Center Road!!

Our Story

Oh hey! We are Jen & Ben Bramer, the Local Yokels!

We are food loving farmers, with ridiculously high standards.

We start 98% of the plants we grow from seed, in our greenhouses. This allows us to select varieties with the best flavors. We are very picky about our quality standards. If we wouldn’t want to eat it ourselves, we won’t sell it.

The idea for Local Yokels was born in 1998, while Jen was working at L. Mawby winery and vineyards. The initial idea was for a restaurant that only used locally sourced ingredients (the term “locavore” was yet to be invented at this time), including local produce, grains, eggs and dairy products. Today, the idea is still the same, only the locally sourced ingredients are grown and sold by us exclusively.

In 2004, Jen took a job managing her first farm stand on Old Mission Peninsula. Coming to this position with experience and education in viticulture (wine grape production) she used her knowledge combined with a love of gardening to plant her first commercial scale vegetable garden. It was an instant obsession.

Having grown up on Old Mission Peninsula working on his parents flower farm Ben has been “working the land” since he was a kid. His love for equipment and constant drive to improve his farming practices through innovation have earned him the respect of many of his farmer friends, peers and mentors whom have all contributed to the success of our business endeavors. It really does take a village! (Or at least a tight knit farm community like Old Mission.)

What started out as a hobby has now become a thriving farming operation in the heart of Old Mission Peninsula. Tilling and planting on land rented from a very generous farmer friend allowed us to open our own farm stand in 2007. In 2015 we were able to purchase 6.5 acres of tillable land ourselves. We have worked since then to improve our soil health and our farming practices. We are committed to sustainability and remaining local. We grow our produce as organically as possible, always opting for an organic chemical to spray if needed rather than a synthetic pesticide.

We’ve held on to the Local Yokels name/idea because we think it pretty accurately describes us now. We are lucky to be able to live and work in this dynamic community which has a pretty unique mix of farmers and also newer residents that are attracted to the beauty and offerings that the peninsula provides. Some of the best farmers we know live and work here with us and I am always very proud to have them stop at our stand and buy our produce, I know how picky they are. We are farmers but also greatly enjoy the finer things in life like fine wine, gourmet food and travel.

Thanks for following along on this journey with us!